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goranl19234833
goranl19234833
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July 11, 2023
Question

InDesign detected that the file is damaged. Please help

  • July 11, 2023
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I put all the indd files on usb and worked on two pcs. And suddenly my USB stopped working. My PC can no longer recognise it. I tried with some recovery tool (testdisk) and recovered 2 files but 15 are corrupted.

 

Do you have any idea what to do?

 

15 .indd's are lost, 15 days of work I've done...

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    goranl19234833
    goranl19234833Author
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    July 24, 2023

    Thank you for all your help, but nothing has helped me. I had to create chapters from scratch.

    I have learnt the lesson of keeping my files safe in different places, in the cloud and on my HDD.

    E
    Community Expert
    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 12, 2023

    If you can get them back on your PC there is a blind IDML script that you can run - it might work on the USB I don't know.

     

    It tries to open the file in the background (open but not open (schrodinger's open/??) anyway - it might or might nor work.

    http://kasyan.ho.ua/indesign/all/blind_open_and_idml-export.html

     

    goranl19234833
    goranl19234833Author
    Known Participant
    July 14, 2023

    How to run this code script?

    Thanks

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
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    July 14, 2023

    You need to save it into the Scripts Panel - on a PC, you can highlight any of the scripts already present and from the menu select REVEAL IN EXPLORER. 

     

    BobLevine
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    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 11, 2023

    I know you're not going to want to hear this but working on a USB drive is a bad idea. Whether those files are salvageable or not, I don't know but if you post one or two them somewhere perhaps someone will have some ideas.

    goranl19234833
    goranl19234833Author
    Known Participant
    July 12, 2023

    I know that, but what can I do about it now - it's a lesson for the future...
    Did you know? Where can I post files?

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Legend
    July 14, 2023

    You should use USB drive as a mean of transportation - not the working medium. 

    And you should also make copies of the files you work on. 

    And at least once a day do a Save As with a new name. 

     

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