Help recovering a locked file!!

I massively messed up yesterday with my InDesign CS3 files. I connected my Macbook to the server at work and I was working on multiple IDD documents from the network in this book. I left for the day without saving and closing all IDD windows. So when I got home, my computer crashed and I couldn't even save them to my computer. I hooked up at work today and it only recovered 4 of the 10 or so files and when I go into the server it shows it as if someone else already has the files open so I can't get into them to save a copy.
Am I screwed, or is there a way to salvage these files?

Tiffany, can you see the .idlk files on the server? These are normally invisible on Macs but visible on PCs (or PC servers). The .idlk files appear at the same level as the .indd files when it's open, and disappear when the file is properly closed.
It might be possible to just manually delete the .idlk files for those 6 files, allowing you to open them. I've done this before, successfully. As far as I know these .idlk files do not contain any publication-specific data (iow, unsaved changes), so there should be no harm in deleting them.
If you can't see them, try using a utility that makes invisible files visible. There are many free ones available. But in a pinch you can use most FTP programs (Fetch, Transmit, etc.) that have a preference to "view invisible files" ... it makes them visible on both the server you're FTPing to and the ones on your own computer (when viewed via the FTP program's interface).
AM

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