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Corrupt file disappeared??
I was working in an Excel file and made a couple changes, when I hit save it froze, then the program closed. When I opened it back up, the file was completely gone from my dropbox, but I did NOT dele...
Danipants wrote:
I was working in an Excel file and made a couple changes, when I hit save it froze, then the program closed. When I opened it back up, the file was completely gone from my dropbox, but I did NOT delete it.Excel deleted the file during the save process.
When working on an Excel file, Excel creates a temporary file and all of your edits are made there. When you save, Excel first deletes the original and then renames the temporary file. If Excel was unable to save after the original was deleted, you would lose the file. I'd look in the folder where the file was located for any temporary files. You'll probably need to enable the display of hidden files on your operating system.
I’ve tried all of the standard options found on dropbox help regarding Recovering deleted files, but none of that works because the file is no longer in my dropbox, including the deleted folder.Are you sure the file was syncing to Dropbox? Do you see any mention of it on your Events page? If it's not showing up in Deleted Files and there's no reference to it on your Events page, then it was likely never syncing to Dropbox.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
Danipants wrote:
I was working in an Excel file and made a couple changes, when I hit save it froze, then the program closed. When I opened it back up, the file was completely gone from my dropbox, but I did NOT delete it.
Excel deleted the file during the save process.
When working on an Excel file, Excel creates a temporary file and all of your edits are made there. When you save, Excel first deletes the original and then renames the temporary file. If Excel was unable to save after the original was deleted, you would lose the file. I'd look in the folder where the file was located for any temporary files. You'll probably need to enable the display of hidden files on your operating system.
I’ve tried all of the standard options found on dropbox help regarding Recovering deleted files, but none of that works because the file is no longer in my dropbox, including the deleted folder.
Are you sure the file was syncing to Dropbox? Do you see any mention of it on your Events page? If it's not showing up in Deleted Files and there's no reference to it on your Events page, then it was likely never syncing to Dropbox.
- I got it! Was able to restore it through the events page, didn’t even know that was a thing. Thank you so very much!!
I have a similar problem..yesterday I worked on 3 excel files in the dropbox folder..this morning I open the folder, 2 are there and the third has disappeared..it's nowhere!!!! A file I use every day seems like it never existed on my Mac! How is it possible?!!! There are months of work on it, I use dropbox to avoid the risk of losing this data but this way it is absolutely less risky to have it on your hard disk! CRAZY!
I checked the events page, in the deleted files... it doesn't exist anywhere!
I don't have a paid plan, will I lose my job?- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey ivan10grazie, so sorry to hear that you've lost your file.
Have you checked your account online, to see if you can locate it in your files?
If it's not there, it's possible that it never actually synced to your account. If it never synced, then it's not possible to recover it through Dropbox.
Make sure to check, though, and let me know what you find.
