Parts of my scores got deleted PLEASE HELP!!!!!
I was working on a score for Santa Clara Vanguard's 2017 production and I finished it a couple of days ago, and I made a few final edits to it yesterday. I went to pull it up today and started listening to it all of the way until to my horror, the entire closer has been deleted, I have no idea how or why this has happened, I now have two files of the same score when I open Musescore 2, however, my computer only recognizes one of them, both have them have a deleted closer (except one has a few measures of the closer but that's besides the point). I noticed as I was making it that the more and more I got into making the score, the slower the program ran, it even crashed on me one time. I've made numerous other scores with just as many parts and I've never ran into this sort of an issue. PLEASE HELP!!!!! (Below is the score that my computer recognizes)
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Santa Clara Vanguard 2017 Ouroboros.mscz | 93.22 KB |
Comments
See: https://musescore.org/en/node/52116, and take a look for an autosaved version, which saved the changes you've last made.
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by kuwitt
I tried all of the methods in the link, but it didn't work. The score isn't saved as a hidden file.
In reply to I tried all of the methods… by Mark Nilson
It's a pity. But do you remember the last steps, you've made before the crash, what it could be occur? It could be valuable to avoid such crashes for further development.
note: a last chance could be that you attache the file, which isn't readable to see if it is repairable.
In reply to It's a pity. But do you… by kuwitt
When I finished the actual score, everything was fine. I made some edits and deleted a lot of my old projects that I didn't want anymore yesterday. The edits were minor, just some dynamic and tempo changes.
In reply to When I finished the actual… by Mark Nilson
Please attache also the score, which isn't readable. I'm afraid it won't be repairable, but maybe it's worth to check it.
In reply to Please attache also the… by kuwitt
That's the only one. When I go to open Musescore 2 and it asks me to open a score, under reccent there are two different files of the same score but one is slightly different than the other, the one already attached is the only one in my files on my computer.
In reply to That's the only one. When I… by Mark Nilson
Wait edit* now there are 3 scores on the start center but still one on my computer.
In reply to Wait edit* now there are 3… by Mark Nilson
You have multiple copies of the score in different directories/folders.
In reply to When I finished the actual… by Mark Nilson
@Mark, If you have already tried...
Search recently modified files. Automatic backup copies have names as: scAW5076, scbX4068 and so on.
On Windows they are in the folder C:\Users\Yourname\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScoreDevelopment
something similar must be on Linux.
In reply to I tried all of the methods… by Mark Nilson
For autosaved files: Be sure that you can see hidden files in your files in your file manager.
And search into your system for all files with the extension "mscz" (and list it by file modified) - be aware that an autosaved file will be saved with another (cryptic) file name as your original score.
In reply to For autosaved files: Be sure… by kuwitt
Okay so I found a file with .mscz I guess I missed it, but when I click to open it it says this.
Cannot read file C:/Users/Mark Jr/Documents/MuseScore2/Scores/.Santa Clara Vanguard 2017 Ouroboros.mscz,: unknown type
In reply to Okay so I found a file with … by Mark Nilson
Delete the comma at the end and you should open it.
In reply to Okay so I found a file with … by Mark Nilson
Delete the period before Santa also.
In reply to Delete the period before… by mike320
And remove the 'hidden' flag
Probably the score got saved to a different folder than you are expecting. If you don't know folder, use the facilities provided by your OS to do a full search of your entire drive to find it. If on Windows, be sure to check the "virtual store" (do a web search to learn how to find this for your version of Windows), which is where files can end up after a crash if you don't use "save as" when restoring.