Corrupted TVPP file! Please Help!

[kenkeiso]

Hey there,

Today I went to open up mt TV Paint file and it just came up with bars of colour....
I've uploaded the file here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9YQdL9 ... sp=sharing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Does anyone know a way to fix this?
It's a really important file and will cost me a lot of money if I do lose it, so any help would be great!

Thanks heaps!

[Paul Fierlinger]

It sure looks corrupted; just one corrupted frame on frame 26. A really important file that cost you a lot of money with no backup -- ouch! Was this made on a school network (I judge by its name, Final) or on your computer? If on a network, what are the chances that the file might be duplicated in another folder besides you own?

[kenkeiso]

It was on a personal computer, this was the last backup..
The computer decided it was a corrupted file and deleted it without, well, asking me.
When I recovered it, it would open and only have those coloured bars.
It had around 12 Layers and so many frames, but all is now is that one frame
Well it's a project for Uni and I can't afford to repeat the year!

[Paul Fierlinger]

When you say last backup, I assume you had more than one... each one would have to be less finished than the next, but what happened to those?

[kenkeiso]

They were on a Hard drive that was lost/stolen/not returned... I'm just having real bad luck with this project!

[Paul Fierlinger]

I'm a part time Uni instructor and I say the following with absolute sincerity (but of course, without any knowledge of what your assignment is). Nevertheless, If you would be my student and you worked out a simple piece of animation along the lines of the assignment, while using only one or two layers but all animated in twos, I'd let you pass for two reasons:
1. Most likely this will turn out to be a much better film than the one you lost because of its simplicity of style.
2. If I would be unsure about number one, I'd let you pass anyway for the effort.
The stolen HD incident must surely be familiar to your instructor.

[Soom]

Could you post a bit more information please:
What OS are you using? Are you on Mac or PC?
How did a computer decide that a TVP file is corrupted - what software was responsible for this? (this sounds quite strange)
Do you remember any incident, after which the file became corrupted? (ie system crash, hdd glitch?)
Where did you recover the "corrupted" files from?
Didn't you use the Auto backup function in TVPaint? If so - my advise to ALWAYS do that in the future on personal projects (unless you work on a network server, which makes auto-backups itself).
could you also describe in 2 words how big was the project?
Did you ever have any video exported of the project? If yes - you can import it into TVPaint and work on it as on one layer, which might make your life a bit easier in redoing the thing...

[kenkeiso]

I'm using a PC with Windows 7. I had AVG do a scan of my computer (I haven't had an Anti-Virus in a couple of months) and it recommended that I de-fragment my computer. After de-fragmenting the folder which contained my animation wouldn't open and would come up with a "This file is corrupt"/"Cannot access folder due to corruptness" error. I tried to copy the folder, access it through other programs, but nothing would un-corrupt it. Then it just disappeared off my computer, so I got Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery program and recovered the file, which now open, but have everything missing from them.
I didn't know there was an Auto-Backup option. The project was around 1 minute and 15 seconds (1,500 something frames) and was 43MB.
Unfortunately I don't have anything exported/saved from it!

[Soom]

I'm using a PC with Windows 7. I had AVG do a scan of my computer (I haven't had an Anti-Virus in a couple of months) and it recommended that I de-fragment my computer. After de-fragmenting the folder which contained my animation wouldn't open and would come up with a "This file is corrupt"/"Cannot access folder due to corruptness" error. I tried to copy the folder, access it through other programs, but nothing would un-corrupt it. Then it just disappeared off my computer, so I got Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery program and recovered the file, which now open, but have everything missing from them.
I didn't know there was an Auto-Backup option. The project was around 1 minute and 15 seconds (1,500 something frames) and was 43MB.
Unfortunately I don't have anything exported/saved from it!

In this case I think there is nothing else to do, unless you had some previous back-up on an external drive (which you should have if you work on important projects - I have an external HDD attached to my computer and backing up automatically).
You could also try to take your Hard Disk to a professional data recovery service, but this costs money (ask in your local service shop), but it's possible they will be able to better recover the file...
Another thing - you should check your drive for errors, cause this behavior could be a result of corrupted drive. You can do this easily in Windows in your volume properties panel, or by using a CHKDSK command in the DOS command prompt (Run>CMD).
good luck

[Fabrice]

yes, it definitely looks like a hard-drive failure.