Lost my CODE!

[CogWheelz]

I was finishing my biggest project yet that I worked on for 2 weeks and.... my computer powerplug screwed up and my system shut off. I havn't done any recovery or back ups and the class I was working on completely disapeared. It was as if the text was invisible, because I can highlight it. I was going to release it as a WIP today too D:   . Deep down Inside I know I put in  a LOT of work but for some reason... I'm relieved. I'm so speachless.... is there any way I can revive it? I checked my workspace. (Does the fact that I'm using windows 8 help me?)

[BurntPizza]

So you never once saved (saved, tested, etc) the file in that 2 weeks?

EDIT: Or is it a corruption issue?

[Ecumene]

I think the workspace was reset, its still there. Try using eclipse's file-import-project then the directory of the project. That or create a file with the exact name as the other one, it should take place of the the old one.

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[CogWheelz]

I think the workspace was reset, its still there. Try using eclipse's file-import-project then the directory of the project. That or create a file with the exact name as the other one, it should take place of the the old one.

EDIT: Whenever I type, thos boxes appear

So you never once saved (saved, tested, etc) the file in that 2 weeks?

EDIT: Or is it a corruption issue?

I never saved and it might be corruption because The outlet fell out.

[BurntPizza]

What does it look like in here: http://www.onlinehexeditor.com/

Looks like corruption, wiped to invalid characters, don't know why that would happen though.

[CogWheelz]

Not too sure if I was supposed to change any settings, but I think it just shows a bunch of 0s.

[CogWheelz]

Im on my phone now, but after the computer shut off it had a major update so I'm restoring it to before the update. Fingers crossed.

[BurntPizza]

Just odd that the file was wiped to zeros but retained it's length.

[tkausl]

Well hope you learned something. Next time: Safe your files often and use some sort of scm like git.

[CogWheelz]

Still the same. Atleast I showed my parents before this happened :/.

Just odd that the file was wiped to zeros but retained it's length.

So it's just spaces?

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[BurntPizza]

So it's just spaces?

No, they're NUL characters: http://www.robelle.com/smugbook/ascii.html

But yeah, use version control of some kind, Git (esp. combined with Github) is quite popular.

[CogWheelz]

This sucks so much, today marked the day I began programming :p.

[Rayvolution]

Are *all* your files this way?

This is very, very strange. Unless you crashed while actively saving the file I'm puzzled how this could even happen.

[CogWheelz]

Are *all* your files this way?

This is very, very strange. Unless you crashed while actively saving the file I'm puzzled how this could even happen.

I only lost the file I had open before my computer was unplugged.

[HeroesGraveDev]

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP!

Although I guess it's better to learn your lesson now than later with a bigger project.

[Rayvolution]

BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP!

Although I guess it's better to learn your lesson now than later with a bigger project.

Yeah, true. Once you get into a really beefy project, 2 weeks of work is nothing in comparison to what you'd lose if you lost a core file to a much larger project.

[Abuse]

Anything recoverable from your Windows 'Previous Versions' ?

[CogWheelz]

Anything recoverable from your Windows 'Previous Versions' ?

Accidently appreciated, but no, Ironicly when I started the project, Windows would tell me o back up almost every day. I was too lazy to get a blank dvd from the living room.

[BurntPizza]

You can also set up a automatic system that backs up certain folders at certain times, e.g. "Documents" "every 3 hours."
Version control is still good for code specifically, though, it has other benefits, like being able to easily reverse changes, etc.

[Cero]

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[CogWheelz]

Windows, I use windows

[Ecumene]

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Damn end users

[Rayvolution]

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[Opiop]

Wait, you never saved that file in 2 weeks?

I'm sorry, but that's just silly!

[trollwarrior1]

Its impossible to not save the file in 2 weeks, unless he never ran the program 1 time in those 2 weeks. The code must be saved for it to be compiled. If he didn't save it 1 time, that means he didn't run it even once.

Try opening source code from My Computer (Ow wow I don't know how the things where you browse folders in Windows). I think something like this happened to me once on my shitty laptop which would turn off randomly sometimes. My file was empty, but in folder explorer the file was like it was before.

[Gibbo3771]

Source hosting is free... Like what is so difficult about taking 10 minutes to learn how to use it.

[cylab]

Wait, you never saved that file in 2 weeks?

I'm sorry, but that's just silly!

No - the file just got corrupted. I have the same problem with my work PC. I get a blue screen on it from time to time and then every open file is filled with binary nulls...
Unfortunately this also happens to my locally cloned git repo - So any non-pushed changes are also lost

I was going to release it as a WIP today too D:   . Deep down Inside I know I put in  a LOT of work but for some reason...

Get over with. This might actually not be that bad at all. Redoing something that you already did just helps you practice and usually results in cleaner code anyway. So see this as an oportunity and not as a problem.

Back in the days when I started programming I always started from scratch and so basically memorized all the 68k assemly code you need to write an Atari ST overscan demo with side scrolling text and raster interrupt colorizing without even looking up interrupts, adresses or clock cycles.  

[SHC]

You can restore files from Windows 8 file history. Link here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/how-use-file-history if you have it enabled. I recommend you to enable it to not suffer anytime again.

[cylab]

I guess from the screenshot that you use Eclipse, so tried the Local History feature? I don't use Eclipse, so I don't know how long its' history lasts...

[KevinWorkman]

Also, try opening it up outside of eclipse. Navigate to your workspace and look for files that look like this: GameScreen.java~

If you get really desperate, you could try decompiling any class files that eclipse has generated.