Vegas 13 deleted a project file

[Graham Bernard]

Hmmm… I’ve had Vegs shortcuts inform that a previously SAVED AS save has gone AWOL. I thought none of it until your post. I’m gonna keep a eye on this one.

G

Video Content Creator and Potter
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[Angelo Mike]

Fortunately it’s easy enough to reconstruct (and it’s my own project and not for a client), but I was gutted to see a nearly completed video gone. Not even the bak backup file was there.

[Norman Black]

I suppose this could happen if they crashed while saving the VEG file. In this scenario the BAK file should still be good.

If Vegas had the following logic it could mimic your report.

Rename current VEG to BAK.
Save VEG file.

If they crash during the save it would seem like they deleted the VEG file.

In contrast, another safer way to do this would be
Save VEG file to a temp file name.
If save successful, then rename current VEG to BAK.
Rename temp name to current VEG name.

[Angelo Mike]

[Norman Black] “Rename current VEG to BAK.
Save VEG file.

If the crash during the save it would seem like they deleted the VEG file.

In contrast, another safer way to do this would be
Save VEG file to a temp file name.
If save successful, then rename current VEG to BAK.
Rename temp name to current VEG name.”

Reading this is like trying to play ping pong while solving a puzzle. I can’t keep any kind of logistical directions in my head.

I just re-edited the video (I couldn’t figure out how I got it about a minute shorter on my lost version without cutting stuff I liked), and now I just save every few minutes a back up to another HD and then switch back to the main project. It’s a little tedious but worth the trouble.

[Stephen Mann]

Vegas didn’t do it, Windows did. Vegas probably had the file open when the crash occurred, and Windows may or may not properly close it. If you used a file-recovery program immediately, it likely would have found it.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Angelo Mike]

I knew I was missing something when I didn’t try to use a file recovery program, but I had been working since about 8 AM after working until midnight or so last night and my mind went blank. Curses!

[Steve Rhoden]

Seems odd that not a trace or temp of it is left on your system.
Force of habit over the years when im working on a project is to
keep pressing that “save” icon every couple a seconds.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
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1-876-461-9019

[Angelo Mike]

Save was useless here. The backup on the second hard drive at least let me restart from the previous night’s work.