Pottunaama Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I have lost my original (rather large) .vlp project files (laptop stolen). From email sent folder I still have the download files (.UDC and .DVI) Now I know the whole point of creating these download files is to restrict access to the original file, but I still would like to know if there is ANY way or utility to save the original editable .vlp file ? This is two weeks work blown in the wind:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saragani Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 If the UDC was constructed with the upload file inside then yes. If not, it only contains a list of instructions of what to download without any way of reconstructing the vlp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2023 Joe Tauser Posted February 21, 2013 MVP 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I had a similar situation years ago when the hard drive on my laptop crapped out and I was unable to get to anything on it. What happened to you illustrates the need to keep your work in more than one place. This applies to all of us. I personally keep a single flash drive in my pocket at all times with many, many directories on it and I copy my work to it at the end of each day. I started with a 4GB flash drive, then when that filled up I got an 8, and now I have a 16. Every couple of months I copy the entire flash drive to a removable hard drive I keep in my office. I also copy the files when the project is working to directory on my office file server which is backed up in the cloud (I use Syncplicity, which costs $99 per year). That makes four copies of the data. it's not always totally synchronized, but there's enough redundancy to avoid a catastrophe such as you've experienced. Some habits are only established after a hard lesson is learned. My work is too valuable to leave in one place. Joe T. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabloCo Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 What mean "If the UDC was constructed with the upload file inside then yes." how can i try to reconstruct the vlp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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