Difficult Problem

[JohnShiell]

Over the last few weeks we have started to realise that Solidworks part and assembly files are going missing from ther directories. We are using Quicksilver DDM but I am not convinced that this is the problem. Has anyone else experienced this behaviour? Luckily we have our files backed up and kept indefinately otherwise months of work could have been lost.

 

[Tinkerer]

We had a similar problem.
We found that it was our back up software that was backing up wrong.
It was reading the difference between our Auckland office records and our engineering office records and altering our enginnering office records to match the auckland office records. they were updated each night
Come in in the morning and bugger me all the work I did yesterday on this file was gone.
Are you on a network?
How is your backup software set up?
Im not sure what we use but can let you know.
Is hard drive making dying sounds when saving? the reason I ask is we had a comps hardrive spit the dummy late last year on our server and that was causing some probs as well.
Just some areas to look at?
brett

 

[SBaugh]

Solidworks could not be the problem either, because all SW does is it saves files where you tell it too. If your files are coming up missing then I would start pointing the finger either at your PDM system or your IT dept.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[MadMango]

Or possibly other users that are not well versed with Quicksliver.

Ray Reynolds
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