Re: autosave

[Norman Bauman nbauman@xxxxxxxx]

When I lose something like that, I search my hard drive for the latest
files. It could be renamed, and it could be somewhere in some unexpected
directory.

I use ZTree, which is an XTree clone for Windows 95.

You should be able to use Windows Find Files, and search for the last day's
files.

Another way to find the file would be to use a DOS command like dir /s
>save.tmp from the directory. Then open the file in XyWrite and search for
"03-11-98".

Look for a file with a funny name.

In Win3.1 I used to run checkdisk. I occasionally found lost files that
way. I don't know if Win95 has anything like that.

Somebody else may have a better suggestion.


At 06:49 PM 3/11/99 -0500, nikki meredith wrote:
>
>This morning when I called up a file I worked on yesterday, I found that
>all of the revisions I made on the document yesterday were gone -- about
>seven hours work. At the end of the day I wasn't able to quit xywrite
>properly because the cursor had frozen but I'm quite sure that I saved the
>work frequently as I went along. Even if I hadn't, however, isn't
>"autosave" supposed to do it for me? (I have it set at something like 2
>minutes because I'm so paranoid about losing stuff..) When I looked in
>xy4\docs the document did not reflect the changes I made yesterday either
>-- in fact, the time on the document was 2:01 pm which is the time I
>started working on it.
>
>-- My operating system is Windows 95
>-- I work on Xywrite version 4.011 which I run in DOS (I know it's
>considered buggy but I've been wanting to finish my current project before
>I change and I haven't had this problem before.)
>
>I can't imagine that it matters but my computer is a Fujitsu Lifebook.
>
>Do I misunderstand what "autosave" actually does? Or, is something clearly
>malfunctioning? I have been having more problems with "freezing" lately. Is
>it possible that my revised document is somewhere to be found?
>
>Thank you for any assistance you might be able to provide. 
>
>

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