FIX! [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help

[lee.r.sachs at verizon.com]

Gordon & Fellow SIGIAers -

Sorry for not updating all on the progress (or lack thereof w/the Visio
file).  Here's a summary of my learnings:

1. A number of people pointed me to that link and that .exe on MS's site.
The fix does not repair the file, alas, but only minimizes the chance of
the same thing happening.
2. I got a number of sympathetic "yeah, same thing happened to me,"
e-mails.
3. A developer I worked with was at least able to determine the first
0xBFFF (49151) bytes were gone in the file.  We did a checkdisk and found
some orphaned files and compared a version of this file with another using
a WinDiff app; there may be some ability to resurrect some data, but I
needed to present something the very next day.
4. Using wetware, I was able to recall the important knowledge for a
presentation the next day and drew it on a whiteboard.  Nobody complained;
more interactive presentation, though.
5. I will continue to save, back-up, etc. as I was doing and be more
vigilant with Visio
6. Only a few insensitive types tried to lecture me about backup
procedures, etc. to which I reminded them, like my brother whose house was
struck by lightening and burned to the ground, the last thing you want to
hear after your house burns down is what you "should've done" to protect
yourself.

But thanks to everyone for their advice; only reason I didn't reply sooner
was b/c I was busy cleaning up the file or doing my dog & pony.  And
thanks, of course, to MSFT for buying Visio and making some mediocre s-ware
buggy.

:-P

-lee



Subject:    Re: FIX!  [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help


Hi,

Re: "Here's the sucker that should fix the problem:
        http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=kb;en-us;q278261"

I was just wondering:

1. Did the fix work for those who were in difficulties?
2. Does anybody say "thank you" any more - it's a good business skill :)
3. Do all mentors/teachers/helpers feel they are "casting perls before
swine"?