Corrupted File

[cailca]

Hi,

I have an afdesign file I have been working on in designer for a couple of weeks. I have not opened it for 4-5 days and just gone to open it. Unfortunately every time I try to open, it comes up as corrupted and insists it is closed down. I have tried software and hardware reset and even a copy of the file, to no avail. I understand from other threads I have found, that this might be recoverable if sent to the developers, and was looking for an avenue to access this option please?

I am working on a surface Pro 4 and the file is being worked on from an expansion Micro SD card I have been using for some years now. Other files from this location are working fine still.

Marvel_Art_Deco_Prints.afdesign

[Old Bruce]

33 minutes ago, cailca said:

the file is being worked on from an expansion Micro SD card I have been using for some years now. Other files from this location are working fine still.

I think this may be the source of the corruption. I would suggest transferring the other files to some other disk.  There are a couple of fonts listed as missing, but I doubt that is the problem. Also I have never seen this warning before.

[GaryLearnTech]

Curiously, the text in the alert running under Big Sur is slightly different: 

Poking deeper, it looks as if the error refers to a file called "pistolet-lebedeva-14-kalashnikov-concern-pl-14-lebedev-pistol.jpg", which is stored in the "Black widow" folder on your d: drive.  Perhaps that's the file that is actually corrupt?  Check that one out in isolation.  Perhaps it's been renamed or moved?  If it's corrupt, can you replace it?  I don't know how tightly these things are linked inside the parent file, but perhaps any similar jpg - with an identical name - at the path location might save your project, with just a little reworking of the pistol element.

[carl123]

See if the attached recovered file opens for you (I assume you are using version 1.9 and not 1.8)

When I have more time, I may try to narrow down exactly what was wrong

17 hours ago, cailca said:

the file is being worked on from an expansion Micro SD card

STOP THAT NOW

Only work on files that are on your internal drive to avoid file corruption - you can archive files to other drives after you are done working on them

 

Stupid forum software is not allowing me to attach a file (error 200)

So, I have posted a Wetransfer link instead - you can download the file from there for up to 7 days from now

WeTransfer link removed - see next post

[carl123]

Ok, here is a deeper diagnosed file (ignore the reference to a WeTransfer link above)

The Daub Paper 05 layer was causing problems, deleting just that layer seems to fix the file

File attached

 

 

 

marvel-recovered.afdesign

[cailca]

On 2/22/2021 at 10:29 AM, carl123 said:

Ok, here is a deeper diagnosed file (ignore the reference to a WeTransfer link above)

The Daub Paper 05 layer was causing problems, deleting just that layer seems to fix the file

File attached

 

 

 

marvel-recovered.afdesign 69.2 MB · 2 downloads

Thanks very much for all suggestions, but this has done the trick, ty very much. I will adopt the working practice you suggested about file storage also. Out of interest how did you access the file to delete that layer? I could not do anything with it due to the immediate close prompt.