Re: AWGS database crash

[90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (TAO BRIAN T)]

In article <24jlut$qi@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, Jason Reames writes...
> 
> A frind of mine is having this problem:  Any ideas for help?
> While saving a database the screen froze up (all he could do was
> move the arrow cursor).  He had to boot.  But when he did he got the
> message "Unexpected end of file".
> Is there any way to recover all or part of his data?  Thanks!

    Nope, doesn't look like it.  AWGS started to overwrite the original
file, then crashed.  You might be able to recover the rest of the file,
but the first block will have been overwritten with junk.  I've learned
to use "Save As..." in AWGS to prevent this sort of tragedy.
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