No need to rename the file either as it is named "DrawingName_recover.dwg".
Sincerely,
Shaan Hurley
Autodesk Beta Programs
http://betaprograms.autodesk.com
"Matt Dillon" wrote in message
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> Update...
>
> I just received an email from "a little birdy" who informed me that
AutoCAD
> 2002 / ADT 3.3 now saves a BAK file when you answer "Yes" to that
question.
> So you will have a second option - rename the bak and see what you have...
>
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> Matt Dillon
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> "Matt Dillon" wrote in message
> news:08E9491C212EC98CAA49B1D7D3B2D7C6@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Step back a minute and think about it....
> >
> > AutoCAD crashes and gives you a message that you can save your work UP
TO
> > THAT POINT. Hmmmm... something happened AT THAT POINT, or prior, that
> caused
> > AutoCAD to crash. And that something could be something that hosed your
> > drawing's database, causing the crash. And when you answer YES, you're
> > saving that something that hosed your drawing's database, in that
> drawing's
> > database.
> >
> > Bye bye drawing database. And maybe RECOVER will work, probably not.
> > (Murphy, y'know...).
> >
> > My recommendation (this is MINE, not official Autodesk): Never, EVER,
> answer
> > yes, to that dialog. ALWAYS save every time you do something that you do
> not
> > want to have to do again, or every 15-30 minutes. Set your AUTOSAVE
value
> to
> > a number that represents the amount of work that you can afford to lose
on
> a
> > given day - again, I would estimate 15-30 minutes.
> >
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> > pacbell wrote in message
> > <26B60F81686A4A87DF1FAD9A46E5C114@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb>...
> > >Acad crashes so it asks me if I'd like to save changes. Naturally I say
> > yes.
> > >Then when I try and open the file it asks me if I'd like to recover it.
> Yes
> > >I say. It then tells me it cannot recover. WHY? This way I have lost a
> good
> > >recent copy of the drawing.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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