Re: Re: file corrupted
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- Subject: [mg55738] Re: [mg55714] Re: file corrupted
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 03:20:59 -0400 (EDT)
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I recently lost quite a bit of work to corruption of a notebook, too. It had been a year or so since that happened, but that's small consolation when it does! Bobby On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:59:19 -0400 (EDT), Helen Read <hpr at together.net> wrote: > reiro wrote: >> Something happened to my computer when I was using mathematica. The info >> box informed me to open the corrupted file with open special without >> cache. I opened it and got the following: >> >> (*********************************************************************** >> >> Mathematica-Compatible Notebook >> >> This notebook can be used on any computer system with Mathematica 4.0, >> MathReader 4.0, or any compatible application. The data for the notebook >> starts with the line containing stars above. > > [...] > >> >> and so on. >> >> I did what they told and saved the file as notebook. When I clicked >> evaluate it shown some errors. What can I do to make it work > > I have never been able to fix a corrupted notebook. Notebooks get > corrupted a lot less frequently in newer versions of Mathematica than > they used to, but my students still sometimes manage to corrupt a > notebook. Sometimes it's possible to copy/paste the un-corrupted parts > from the bad notebook into a new one, or delete the corrupted stuff in > the bad notebook itself. Otherwise, just start over. > > It would be nice if this didn't happen at all. I've never seen anything > remotely like the "corrupt notebook" situation with any other piece of > software that I use. > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com
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- From: Helen Read <hpr@together.net>
- Re: file corrupted