Here's my question, the AutoSave message flashes on my screen every 10 minutes. Can I access the AutoSave version of the Visio file 10 minutes before the crash? It seems like a reasonable request, but for the life of me, I can't find instructions on how to execute the recovery. If the program fails, you can save your current work to a different file. This file uses the format, DrawingFileName_recover.dwg, where DrawingFileName is the file name of your current drawing. After a program or system failure, the Drawing Recovery Manager opens the next time you start AutoCAD.
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Not sure whether things have changed with the latest version of SU but it used to be the case that Autosave files were all in a single folder buried deep in the system. Frankly, it was a bit of a nightmare remembering how to find it (Autocad had the same problem). But I have noticed that Autosave files now seem to go into the same folder as the drawing on which it was based. That makes it a whole lot easier to find but it can also clutter the job folder, especially if you have a lot of crashes and are a bit lax on your housekeeping. You also have to be careful to delete the original file and replace it with the renamed autosave file or you will get extremely confused about which file is current.
It’s all a bit of a pain but a lot better than losing hours of work. And thankfully SU is fairly stable. Powered by, best viewed with JavaScript enabled.
Hello all, Using AutoCAD 2004 I did a stupid thing, when closing the drawing i slaved over for hours i hit the 'do not save' when i was asked if i should save the file, so all my work is gone. When i was using cad2000 i had just as i do here auto save every one minute and i used to find a.ac$ files in my temp folder. Now i have the same setting in 2004 but for some reason there are no ac$ files in the temp folder. I checked the directory for auto saved files and it is the temp folder on C. Any idea what might be happening and if there is anywhere else i can look or anything i can do, or should i start redrawing:) thanks for the help PS: not sure if this matters but autocad is installed on 'D' and the directory of autosaved files is 'C://Docu./loca./Archi./Local./Temp' RE: recovering an unsaved file - Urgent help needed please (Electrical) 12 Mar 04 02:51.
If Autocad exists properly there will be no autosave. This is as designed. Autosave files are created at the time interval which resets at every save. If Autocad exists normally, it deletes all autosaves for that session. If Autocad crashes, the saves will be there. While it is rough to kick you while your down: it is a terrible practice to work for hours in Autocad without hitting save.
HIT SAVE BUTTON OFTEN! (there is NO subsitute) RE: recovering an unsaved file - Urgent help needed please (Computer). PLB: i did a search and did not find any.ac$ or sv$ recent files just some from when i was using autocad 2000. DSRT: no i am not a network only one coputer TerryScan: Its cool feel free to kick me:), but how come when i was using 2000 i always had backup files in the temp folder? And since i have automatic save every 1 min how come it is not automatically being saved every 1 min? I have allreay redone the work for this time but i am checking for the future, maybe i have something not set correctley.
THANKS ALL FOR YOUR INPUT AND HELP.