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  • Corrupt Project.. Please Help

    Posted by Roxygirl on March 22, 2006 at 2:29 am

    I am working on Express Pro. One of my sequences has become corrupt. To Resolve this problem I attempted to rebuild the project with the attic. The attic didn’t contain any bin files (there were some other files but no bins). I then proceeded to create a new project and attemp to copy the bins from one project to another(through the windows level). The bins cut and pasted instead of copy and paste.

    The problem I am having is once I open the new project, the bins appear in the project window but I am unable to open then. I get an Exception error: DISK_ACCESS_DENIED. Since the bins actually cut amd pasted instead of copied to the new project, my old project no longer contains any bins. I have attempted to place the bins back in the old project, but I have been getting access errors on the windows level as well. I can not open these bins in any project now. The bins contain sequences that my client needs on tape by Thursday.

    I am in a panic mode right now and might be overlooking something simple. If someone has any information they believe would help, I would forever be in debt.

    Vito Defilippo replied 20 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Vito Defilippo

    March 22, 2006 at 5:18 am

    Well, your attic should contain bins. Under each project name in the attic, you’ll see a bin folder, then another folder with the bin name, then files ending in extensions that are numbers. Find the bin folder name you are looking for, and copy the most recent of these last files to another location, rename the extension to be “avb”.
    In your project, close the corrupted bin you are trying to restore. If you try to open a bin from the attic with the original still open, it will give you an error that a copy is already open. Once it’s closed, choose File/Open Bin, and browse to the copy you created from the attic. Open it, and hopefully you’ll have a bin with some recent sequences to work with.

    If this is no help, check this AVID support link that deal with access denied issues: https://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/supportcontent.asp?contentID=7434

    Good luck!

  • Geraint Pari huws

    March 22, 2006 at 9:18 am

    As suggested, the attic files don’t immiediately appear to be bin files, but they will open as bins if you move them to aother location, though you don’t actually have to change the extension, just select the show all files option and open them from within a project.

  • Roxygirl

    March 22, 2006 at 4:16 pm

    I will be able to try the suggestions this evening when I go back in. Thanks for the help. I will let you know the outcome!

  • Roxygirl

    March 23, 2006 at 1:52 am

    I can read my bins again!!!! Thanks so much!

    Roxanne

  • Vito Defilippo

    March 25, 2006 at 8:04 pm

    Glad it worked out…

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