I’ve lost it… must retrieve my novel from the backup files
Okay, now I am really really annoyed. The copy of yWriter that I loaded onto my laptop the other day has got something wrong with it. When I tell it to save a scene and close it the thing does not save the scene. Even worse – it don’t seem to be saving *anything*. Even the old stuff for Heir to Magic poofed.
I found it all in the backup files on the program, and of course for Heir to Magic I have a backup on this computer and one on a thumb drive, but still… do you have any idea how heart stopping it is to open a book you have been working on for years and it’s no longer there. ::falls off chair in a faint::
So, the things I have to do just increased to include I have to also save all of my Heir To Magic stuff that I added in on the laptop since my last backup and my discovery of this unknown glitch. I have no clue what caused this, since I have been using yWriter for several years, and so have my friends, and I have never seen it do this before. If I don’t figure it out I may drop Spacejock a line just so he knows it happened to the program in case it is a glitch he’s been working out of it for some operating systems.
Ah well… back to work, then I can go write some more on Magic of Love: A Caregiver’s Story (my NaNoWriMo story).
November 3rd, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Sorry to hear about the file not saving. There are four reasons I can think of:
1) File is already open in another program (e.g. word)
2) File is read-only, or owned by another user/admin
3) Disk errors/corrupted partition table/etc
4) Out of disk space
If you check that volume for errors using Microsoft’s disk check that will sort out #3. Showing drive properties will check #4. #1 is only relevant if you edit the rtf files with other programs while yWriter is running, and #2 can be checked by viewing the file properties and ensuring it’s not set to read-only.
You mention you just put yWriter on the laptop. Is it running Vista by any chance? If so, installing in Admin mode and then running in User mode means that some of the program files can be set to Admin ownership only.
The solution is to install yWriter into the Documents folder for your regular login instead of Programs.
Hope that helps.
November 5th, 2007 at 3:49 am
Hey, thanks for the reply Simon.
I’m not sure what happened, but checking for errors is a good idea. I just bought the laptop brand new and the only thing I put on it is yWriter and my novels, so I’m sure it’s not a problem with being out of disk space. I’ve been thinking back, and it happened just after I had made a new project to teach my nephew how to use the program, so I may have somehow got the files corrupted. Had not even thought about that, thanks.