# Lost Work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-work/183122>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 24, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-work/183122 "2006-03-24T00:03:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![skepticstudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@skepticstudios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skepticstudios)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-work/183122/1 "2006-03-24T00:03:04Z")

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I’ve been doing a university project since September in Flash MX and about 20 minutes ago Flash MX decided to delete the FLA file clear of my Hard Drive. I can’t find it, its not in the Recent Files folder, its nowhere?

Last time I tried to save it Flash said that the file could not be saved, I tried saving it in different directories on different drives, nothing, same error and now its gone. This has actually happened to me before but a long time ago and wasn’t really on anything important but this is the best part of 7 months work gone.

Does anyone know of any way whatsoever to try and find the FLA? Its simply disappeared and any help would be so appreciated.

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**Author:** ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-work/183122/2 "2006-03-24T00:12:54Z")

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try searching for \*.FLA on your harddrive.

To avoid this in the future, i definately recommend updating, among other reasons. Also you should keep a serious backup of files like that.

BTW, dont doublepost

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**Author:** ![skepticstudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@skepticstudios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skepticstudios)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lost-work/183122/3 "2006-03-24T00:22:36Z")

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> [@Defective](#):
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> try searching for \*.FLA on your harddrive.
> 
> To avoid this in the future, i definately recommend updating, among other reasons. Also you should keep a serious backup of files like that.
> 
> BTW, dont doublepost

Its nowhere to be found on any of the drives.

BTW, you think I purposely meant to double post? I deleted it as soon as I’d posted