Re: lost data set?

Posted by Ildra T on Dec 03, 2012; 12:03pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/lost-data-set-tp5716590p5716593.html

But if the dataset already existed in that folder, what could have happened for it to just vanish like dat? Even if I had given it a do not save changes, it should still exist but without some changes. Now it isn't at all?

D.N.

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From: Maurice Vergeer <[hidden email]>
To: Ildra T <[hidden email]>
Cc: SPSSX-L <[hidden email]>
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: lost data set?

Probably only helpful for future SPSS work:
-I guess you didn't use syntax, because if you did it would be quite easy to reproduce the analyses.
-Closing the programs before ejecting the usb stick does not ensure the data are save: only eject the stick using windows' procedure to do so. Did you pull the stick out of the machine as such or did you "release" it?
I am afraid you will not be able to recover the data. A last resort may be to check the temp folder SPSS uses (see Edit -> Options -> File locations)

Good luck

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Ildra T <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,

Yesterday I have been working on a dataset, with a couple of tens of variables and about 500 cases. After I have done some basic statistics (descriptives, explore procedures..) and saved the standardized values for some variables, I closed the dataset. Today, when I searched in the folder were I was keeping it, the set was no longer there. I've tried looking for it in windows with the search option but it just gives me the shortcut which will not open (it says that it has been changed or moved and is no longer available). This file was kept on a usb stick but I carefully saw that all programes are closed before ejecting the usb. Since I have put a lot of work in this set, I wouldn't like to take it all over from the beginning. Is there any way to recover my data?

Thank you!

D.N.

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