dshall Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 So I am doing some ray traces. Finished one, saved and closed. Before the next one has a chance to start, CA crashes. I go to reopen file, and you will see the message below. How do I access my file? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Emery Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I've had data loss with dropbox. It might be good to take your working files into "documents" and then return them to dropbox when your finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Park Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 We have heard of users getting locked files in dropbox when they access them from two computers. In most cases you can copy the file to get it open. Dropbox is a synchronization service not a backu service so it's possible to loose data. I believe the pro version has a rollback feature that keeps older verisons of your files. I would not work directly in the dropbox folder. I think Bill's method is preferable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I have never trusted dropbox and I have to use it everyday. I have seen problems with saving and sometimes it creates "conflicted files" when saving due to having 5 computers linked to the same dropbox. As far as Scott's error message, generally, if you close Chief and Windows Explorer (if open), and then try opening again, it will. I sometimes think it's a Windows thing with that error message. Oh, When closing a file from with-in the dropbox, be sure the dropbox has finished updating. You'll see the dropbox icon spinning when it's updating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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