Re: lost data set?

Posted by Art Kendall on Dec 03, 2012; 2:32pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/lost-data-set-tp5716590p5716601.html

see if you accidentally saved it some place else.  Search for <start> under windows does not find files that are hidden unless you are very careful about you search instructions.

See if this helps you. You may have the same file name but different folders or something.
1) if you are still in SPSS click <file> <recently used data>

2) if you have already exited SPSS
start SPSS and see what is listed under "open an existing data source".

If you are lucky, you may have the same file name but different folders or something or a different file name with a "1" stuck at the end.
On 12/3/2012 5:29 AM, Ildra T 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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