Vanishing data files with SPSS 16.0.1 for Windows

[Wesley Joe]

Has anybody using SPSS 16.0.1 for MS Windows had a problem with disappearing
data files?  I've had this problem twice.  I thought perhaps my PC had a
virus or some such thing, but my virus scan turned up nothing.  And my PC is
a relatively new, clean system.  As it turns out, a few others have
encountered this phenomenon.  Anybody else?  For those of you who have
experienced this problem, any suggestions for a remedy, beyond the obvious
one of creating a lot of backups?

Two discussions of missing data files:


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[Jayasuriya, Kapila P]

It happened to me yesterday. I had to retrieve the file from our backup
from Friday. If no back up I could have been in a terrible situation.

-----Original Message-----
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Wesley Joe
Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2008 1:21 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Vanishing data files with SPSS 16.0.1 for Windows

Has anybody using SPSS 16.0.1 for MS Windows had a problem with
disappearing
data files?  I've had this problem twice.  I thought perhaps my PC had a
virus or some such thing, but my virus scan turned up nothing.  And my
PC is
a relatively new, clean system.  As it turns out, a few others have
encountered this phenomenon.  Anybody else?  For those of you who have
experienced this problem, any suggestions for a remedy, beyond the
obvious
one of creating a lot of backups?

Two discussions of missing data files:


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http://www.nabble.com/Disappearing-Files---Has-this-happened-to-you--td1
4883
929.html


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[Steve Runfeldt-2]

Yes. SPSS tech support is looking into this.  They most likely need more
information about the systems people are using.  I would suggest contacting
them to see if you can add another piece to the puzzle.

In the meantime, I make double backups of everything and I do not click on
the "x" to close, but use the "file" "close" option.

Steve


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Date:    Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:20:45 -0500
From:    Wesley Joe <[hidden email]>
Subject: Vanishing data files with SPSS 16.0.1 for Windows

Has anybody using SPSS 16.0.1 for MS Windows had a problem with disappearing
data files?  I've had this problem twice.  I thought perhaps my PC had a
virus or some such thing, but my virus scan turned up nothing.  And my PC is
a relatively new, clean system.  As it turns out, a few others have
encountered this phenomenon.  Anybody else?  For those of you who have
experienced this problem, any suggestions for a remedy, beyond the obvious
one of creating a lot of backups?

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[Dennis Deck]

This can be an issue with 15 and up as recent versions allow multiple
files to be open at one time.
You should not have a problem if you create or open only one file.

However, if you define more than one within a single job, be sure to
specify:
DATASET NAME xxxxxx .
to distinguish each one.

Once defined a particular file can be activated using:
DATASET ACTIVATE xxxxxx .

Dennis Deck, PhD
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Portland, Oregon 97201-5843
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wesley Joe [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:21 AM
Subject: Vanishing data files with SPSS 16.0.1 for Windows

Has anybody using SPSS 16.0.1 for MS Windows had a problem with
disappearing data files?  I've had this problem twice.  I thought
perhaps my PC had a virus or some such thing, but my virus scan turned
up nothing.  And my PC is a relatively new, clean system.  As it turns
out, a few others have encountered this phenomenon.  Anybody else?  For
those of you who have experienced this problem, any suggestions for a
remedy, beyond the obvious one of creating a lot of backups?

Two discussions of missing data files:


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o-yo
u--td14883929.html>
http://www.nabble.com/Disappearing-Files---Has-this-happened-to-you--td1
4883
929.html


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