My indesign document won't open and is now only 0KB
On page 350 something of a book I'm working on, I had to leave the office, so I turned off the computer.
When I turned the computer back on it performed a scan of sorts saying it wanted to check for corrupted files (I think - I didn't pay it much mind, just let it do its thing). I left the scan going paying little attention. It finished itself and the computer booted up (no message of finding any problems). The file I was working on will now not open and reads as being 0KB in size.
Does InDesign not keep a backup of a file anywhere? I've tried looking in C:/User/(User name)/AppData/Local but then there is no Adobe folder for me to look in for a recovery file.
Please can anyone suggest something, I've lost about 8 weeks of work on this bloody maths book which was just about finished.
Dan
The Sum wrote:
I'm quite new to InDesign and am more used to working in CorelDraw. Corel creates an automatic back up file everytime you save. I'm so used to that process that I've taken for granted having the need to make a back up myself.
I'm amazed that InDesign doesn't do the same.
I'm sorry this happened to your, but still, I'm amazed that with a project of this magnitude, you didn't have a backup on a separate hard drive. The jobs I work on range from a couple pages to a couple hundred pages, and I back my work up to a separate hard drive every night. Worst case, I lose one day' work.
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