Corel Draw 12 & X3 file problem

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Best thing is when you know the file is large is to back up on your own incrementally by pages as well as the document.

It is often a memory issue, when working you may not notice that you have sized down to fit some really large bitmaps, in which case they look fine on screen but are eating up lots of RAM. When importing, there is an importing script written by wOxxOm which resamples images at 300 dpi automatically and can thereby PREVENT problems.

Somethings which may help you open the file if it has not gone entirely corrupt, do not use any desktop wallpaper, it eats memory. Turn off any Terminate and Stay programs you can turn off in your right hand task bar of Windows, eats memory. Allocate DRAW 60% of your available RAM and set up your scratch disks. On a file of many pages and when working with color, it may be necessary to link your bitmaps to have the resources to keep working.

Put as much RAM in your computer as it can hold or you can afford.

I am great when it comes to using DRAW but you could try asking Foster Coburn as he has more years of experience about file recovery with DRAW. He may know of other things. that is the forum at unleash.com

If you have saved points in Windows Backup, you may be able to go back to some point in the file where you can open it.

If you have periodically made .pdfs during your process which is also adviseable on any project of long duration, then you can restore by reimporting the .pdf. Whereas it isn't a perfect solution as the text no longer flows, but stops at each line, it is better than nothing.

Good Luck