20090807KL -- "Emergency" -- Lost File

[Bruce MacArthur]

On Saturday 08 August 2009 12:46, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> > Greetings --
> >
> > This message was previously posted to kdepim-users at kde.org.  In the
> > absence of any reply just yet, I am posting to two also-applicable
> > lists, namely kde-linux and kubuntu-users.
> >
> >
> > I was on Kubuntu Jaunty, and editing an HTML file, using Kate.
>
> It's not surprising that it got no results from kdepim-users - kate
> has nothing to do with kdepim (that is, the "kontact" suite, and
> related apps).
>
> > When I returned, my monitor was dark.  Usually this simply means
> > that the screen-saver is working.  However, I was entirely unable
> > to recover the display!  Although we have been having "electrical
> > storms" in the past few days, there was no such problem in the
> > area, and no other evidence of a power outage anywhere in the
> > house.  In a few moments, seeing few alternatives, I powered the
> > entire computer down brutally, and then rebooted.  When I opened
> > the file that I had been editing in Kate, several VERY extensive
> > pages of physical printed matter (that I had previously entered --
> > and then saved, incrementally, several times) were no longer to be
> > seen -- either via Konquorer or via Kate!!!
>
> Open the file you saved...
"Been there; Done that!"  That is how I found out that I had lost data.  
I doubt that it can be done, but I sure would like to recover the lost 
data!


>
>
> --
> derek

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