Re: [Gimp-user] Xcf file Corrupt!? Please Help!

[Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee talk gmail com>]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Kfayejessee <forums gimpusers com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kfayejessee <forums gimpusers com> wrote:
> > > So I have been working on this painting for over a week…
>
> > Rule #1: Perform regular backups
> > Rule #2: See Rule #1
>
> > Sorry for the semi-snarky response, but it is a good set of rules and
> > will save you time and heartache when things really go wrong ;)
>
> > When I'm working on File-01.xcf, after an hour or two of work I do
> > "Save As" and name that "File-02.xcf", and so on.  And there are
> > plug-ins in the registry that automatically make incremental backups.
>
>
> > My first guess as to the the cause of the corruption is hardware.  A
> > full or failing disk, corrupt RAM, etc.  Or I've had issues with
> > saving to flaky shared storage.  The prognosis is not good if it's any
> > of these.
>
> > What version of GIMP are you using (see "Help->About")?  What
> > operating system?  Are you saving to an internal hard drive, or
> > external storage? Can you post a link to the XCF online somewhere?
>
> > Chris
>
>
> I did make a back up...but it still cuts out about five hours of my work...i guess if there isn't any way 
> to fix it then i will just work over night to finish...lame!
You know, if you have that much time invested into the work, it would
make sense to back it up a bit more often. Perhaps however, having
been affected by this, you could file a bug report/feature request for
a safer saving mechanism?