Subject:Revovering a TMP file in ACID V1.0

Posted by: iodst

Date:2/29/2000 7:34:00 AM

I finished writing one of my songs today and my computer
crashed whilst it was saving. When i tried to open it again
after the computer booted up again i found that the file
was empty (0 bytes) and obviously wouldnt load. I went into
the ACID main directory and found a file called UNDC0A2.TMP
that contained all the information regarding the song i
lost. It seems this is some sort of backup of the song. It
has all the names/paths of the files inside some jumbled
HEX which i presume is the extra envelope/track information
regarding my song. Now is there any way i can recover my
song from this file ?

Subject:Re: Revovering a TMP file in ACID V1.0

Reply by: DataCowboy

Date:3/1/2000 3:01:00 PM

Hi James,

If the file is a fully formed ACID RIFF file that is used as temporary
storage, the solution would be to simply rename the file to have
an .ACD extension and then open it.

I haven't had Acid crash on me during save, so I can't confirm that
such a temp file would be created or of what nature it would be, but I
am very interesting in seeing it. Would you mind sending me a copy of
the .TMP file?

Thanks,
Chris H. (aka Hex)
chris@thefreeside.com

James Morrison wrote:
>>I finished writing one of my songs today and my computer
>>crashed whilst it was saving. When i tried to open it again
>>after the computer booted up again i found that the file
>>was empty (0 bytes) and obviously wouldnt load. I went into
>>the ACID main directory and found a file called UNDC0A2.TMP
>>that contained all the information regarding the song i
>>lost. It seems this is some sort of backup of the song. It
>>has all the names/paths of the files inside some jumbled
>>HEX which i presume is the extra envelope/track information
>>regarding my song. Now is there any way i can recover my
>>song from this file ?