Is there a way to recover lost Gimp files?

Question

I was working on an image in Gimp, and suddenly it crashed! I hadn't saved the file yet when Gimp got that irritating "Not Responding" fogginess, and then just completely shut down and closed the program. Is there any chance of getting my data back? Any way to recover the lost files, like Microsoft Word does when it is shut down without saving? Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

If you didn't save the file, then it was never on your computer.



So there is nothing to recover. GIMP has no autosave function.



To avoid this in future, what you need to do is save your work regularly as you progress.



It's easy. Save your work before you have done much work on it - in GIMPs native XCF format. As you progress simply hit CTRL+S (to save) at regular intervals.



If you are having problems with GIMP crashing, you may have an unstable version. Make sure you get the most recent stable release from the GIMP website here: http://www.gimp.org currently at version 2.8.2 - several bugs have been fixed that caused GIMP to crash.



I've been running 2.8.2 since it came out on Windows 7. Hasn't crashed once yet. Since GIMP is free, and all the updates are free, there is absolutely no excuse for not keeping the software up to date.

Answer 2

It's not likely, though if it's very important you could try asking the irc developer channel for gimp and see what they say.



Also might be able to use this trick depending on what version of windows you are running:

http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/docs/shadow/copy.html

Answer 3

Hello,

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I have been using it for years

Regards