Instruction Manual

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File Recovery Mode
New Features in SONAR 7
others.
Important: if you choose to not open a plug-in, that plug-in is stripped
out of the project, so resaving the file will cause a loss of any project
specific settings for that plug-in.
• Ignores various strict error checks that would normally prevent a file
from loading (only applies when the original project fails to load
normally).
• Detects corrupt data and skips over "chunks" that are found to be
invalid. E.g., if a track/event is detected to contain invalid data, SONAR
will attempt to skip over that track/event and proceed to load the next
track/event (only applies when the original project fails to load
normally).
In many cases, File Recovery Mode may be able to open damaged projects
with minimal data loss. However, the level of success depends on the
nature and extent of the data corruption, so the results are not predictable.
As a result of this, after opening a damaged project in File Recovery Mode,
you must carefully observe whether your settings have been retained or if
the project exhibits other problems. If you notice problems you shoud copy
and paste the critical data from the recovered file into a brand new empty
project to start clean.
Important: Since File Recovery Mode ignores many critical error checks
while loading a file, depending on the nature of the data corruption in the
file, it is possible that opening a file with File Recovery Mode might cause
SONAR to crash or become unresponsive. Please ensure that you save all
your current work and close all open projects before attempting to open a
file with File Recovery Mode.
After loading a file with File Recovery Mode, it is recommended that you
resave the file—preferably with a new name—and then shut down and
restart SONAR before proceeding.