recovering lost file

KS
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Kyle_Sessions
Oct 28, 2005
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i’m not sure if this is the correct forum for my question or not . . . was working on a file in photoshop 7.0, and while it was in the middle of saving the file, it froze and i had to use ctrl-alt-del to end it and restart it. however, since it was in the middle of a save, that file i was saving is no longer there. it simply doesn’t exist. in it’s place is a file called ~ps3E.tmp. i’m assuming this has something to do with the save and with the file i lost. is it possible to recover my lost TIF using this tmp file, or something else? thanks a lot!

kyle
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Cybernetic Nomad
Oct 28, 2005
You may want to try a file recovery utility to try to get your file back.

And I know it’s too late for this file, but this is why I recommend saving increments of your file as you go along rather than just always saving over.
AC
Art Campbell
Oct 28, 2005
If the file was never created, there isn’t going to be anything you _can_ recover.

Remember to save early and often.

It won’t hurt anything if you change the extension or the entire name of the .tmp file and try to open it, but don’t hold your breath…

Art
KS
Kyle_Sessions
Oct 28, 2005
Thanks. Yes, I know I _should_ save increments like you recommend, but . . .

Anyway, know any good share/freeware file recovery utilities?

The file was created; I was making some adjustments to a pre-existing file.
KS
Kyle_Sessions
Oct 28, 2005
YES! I changed the extension from .tmp to .tif, and it opened just fine! Thanks, guys.

Kyle
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deebs
Oct 28, 2005
Just in case!

Zone Alarms are touting an image file recovery thang

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