Recover unsaved audacity project

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Recover unsaved audacity project

Post by cwolv6 » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:35 am

Anyone know how? I spent like 18 hours straight and it froze on me and shut down audacity and i cant recover it :( pleaaaaase help

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Re: Recover unsaved audacity project

Post by steve » Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:49 pm

cwolv6 wrote:I spent like 18 hours straight
without Exporting a back-up WAV file
cwolv6 wrote:and it froze on me
Oops.

This stresses the importance of having reliable back-ups. An exported WAV file of your original recording makes an excellent backup.
If Audacity does not automatically recovered the project when you restart, then your chances of recovery are slim, but see here for what little remaining hope there is: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/CrashRecovery
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

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