SwChilly Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 Ok, every time I try to save a file it times out and crashes. Then as I try to open it again, nothing is saved and I have to start over. I try to use the backup file but as I understand, it only reflects the point where you last saved it, BUT if I can't save it then why try and open the bak file. Also, I understand that the autosave files disappear each time AutoCAD closes (I don't see any benefit to that).. My drawing autosaved properly so I would like to open that but since AutoCAD crashed, I cannot find the file. So I'm back to square one, but I can't save anyway so I might as well go home.. errg Quote
SwChilly Posted June 28, 2010 Author Posted June 28, 2010 I'm sorry, I sounds nasty when I start threads... but I am always having problems and I'm getting frustrated. Quote
SwChilly Posted June 28, 2010 Author Posted June 28, 2010 I found an autosave file, so I changed the extension to .dwg but it says drawing file not valid. What's the point of an autosave if you can't open it? Quote
Cad64 Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 Autosave files are only saved if Autocad crashes. If Autocad closes normally, the Autosave file is deleted. What would be the point of keeping Autosave files if the program closed without issue? The Autosave file would be exactly the same as your saved drawing. As I told you in your other thread, if Autocad crashes, search your computer for .sv$ files. The .sv$ extension is the Autosave file extension. If you rename that file to .dwg you will be able to recover your drawing, as it was, when Autocad crashed. As for the constant crashing, did you ever provide us with your computer details, as I believe I requested in your other thread? We can't help you unless you help us by providing all the information about your situation. Quote
Cad64 Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 I found an autosave file, so I changed the extension to .dwg but it says drawing file not valid. What's the point of an autosave if you can't open it? Did you try opening it with the RECOVER command? Quote
SwChilly Posted June 28, 2010 Author Posted June 28, 2010 Autosave files are only saved if Autocad crashes. If Autocad closes normally, the Autosave file is deleted. What would be the point of keeping Autosave files if the program closed without issue? The Autosave file would be exactly the same as your saved drawing. As I told you in your other thread, if Autocad crashes, search your computer for .sv$ files. The .sv$ extension is the Autosave file extension. If you rename that file to .dwg you will be able to recover your drawing, as it was, when Autocad crashed. As for the constant crashing, did you ever provide us with your computer details, as I believe I requested in your other thread? We can't help you unless you help us by providing all the information about your situation. I did change the .sv$ to .dwg and it says that the file is not valid.. And I'm sorry, I thought I provided computer information... System: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Intel® Xeon® CPU E5506 @ 2.13GHz 2.13GHz, 2.99 GB of RAM anything else? Quote
SwChilly Posted June 28, 2010 Author Posted June 28, 2010 Did you try opening it with the RECOVER command? yea recover doesn't work... says file is not valid. get the same message when i change the extensions Quote
SwChilly Posted June 28, 2010 Author Posted June 28, 2010 K I tried saving a random file to my desktop and it seems to work fine there... but when i try to save back to my network drive, it freezes... so I figure its a network thing.. could there be something wrong with my settings? Quote
Cad64 Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 Now we're getting somewhere. If you can save to your desktop, but not to your network, then the problem lies between your computer and your network server. Do you have the appropriate permissions to save back to the server? You will need to check with your Network Administrator on that. Quote
SwChilly Posted June 29, 2010 Author Posted June 29, 2010 I called mt Administrator/Tech Support on that and they said it could be a network drive and not actually an autocad problem. Sorry about that Quote
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