[TI] FTM damaged file

[Gloria Otto]

Corie and all cousins, this may not be the same problem you are having but I have been getting " this file is damaged" and FTM cannot open it but will open a backup file, but only in the last two weeks, never before.  Seems strange that it would be a coincidence. After that message, the file sometimes opens anyway and sometimes the backup file opens.  Hope you have solved your problem by now and have your files back. 
 Gloria 

From: Corie Lindemann <corielind at msn.com>
To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 12:42:16 PM
Subject: [TI] FTM damaged file

Any of you experienced Family Tree Maker users have advice for me? I was 
working with my family file last night merging a duplicate individual and 
got a "this file is damaged" message. I went to open the FBK backup and that 
gave me the same message. The file still shows 71MB, but I can't figure out 
how to fix the damage to get at the data. All the FTM tips on damaged files 
don't work because I can't open it at all to compress it or reindex or 
export to GEDCOM. Ack!

Unfortunately, this was a really bad time to find out that my automatic 
internet Carbonite backup system did not back up any files in program 
folders like FTM, even though it said it backs up the whole hard drive!!!! 
(So if you have one of those, be sure to check what it is backing up!!!)

I'm so bummed. I have a CD back up from last summer, but I had added 800 
names since then!!! Any advice on damaged file recovery would be 
appreciated!!!!

Thanks,
Corie 


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