recovering an unsaved file - Urgent help needed please 2

[maquetteLA]

Hello all,
Using AutoCAD 2004
I did a stupid thing, when closing the drawing i slaved over for hours i hit the "do not save" when i was asked if i should save the file, so all my work is gone. When i was using cad2000 i had just as i do here auto save every one minute and i used to find a .ac$ files in my temp folder. Now i have the same setting in 2004 but for some reason there are no ac$ files in the temp folder. I checked the directory for auto saved files and it is the temp folder on C. any idea what might be happening and if there is anywhere else i can look or anything i can do, or should i start redrawing thanks for the help
PS: not sure if this matters but autocad is installed on "D" and the directory of autosaved files is "C://Docu.../loca../Archi.../Local.../Temp"

 

[advidana]

check your .bak file that has the same name as your drawing file maybe it saved some of your work. Change the .bak to .dwg then open it.

 

[maquetteLA]

Thanks, but if you do not save there is no .bak file.
I am also curious to find out why is my autocad not autosaving every one minute as i thought it should be doing ...
Thanks

 

[PLB]

Hi maquetteLA,

If your autosave ran during your drawing session, you may have an "sv$." file somewhere. You may want to try to Search your entire computer hard drive(s) for the ac$ and sv$ files. If you can find any, change them to drawing files and try opening them.

Hope this helps,

 

[DSRT]

Are you on a network?

 

[TerryScan]

If Autocad exists properly there will be no autosave. This is as designed.

Autosave files are created at the time interval which resets at every save. If Autocad exists normally, it deletes all autosaves for that session. If Autocad crashes, the saves will be there.

While it is rough to kick you while your down: it is a terrible practice to work for hours in Autocad without hitting save.

HIT SAVE BUTTON OFTEN! (there is NO subsitute)

 

[maquetteLA]

PLB : i did a search and did not find any .ac$ or sv$ recent files just some from when i was using autocad 2000.

DSRT: no i am not a network only one coputer

TerryScan : Its cool feel free to kick me , but how come when i was using 2000 i always had backup files in the temp folder>? and since i have automatic save every 1 min how come it is not automatically being saved every 1 min ?
I have allreay redone the work for this time but i am checking for the future, maybe i have something not set correctley .

THANKS ALL FOR YOUR INPUT AND HELP ....