Lost folder!!

ftv88 · January 6, 2017

When I logged into my computer today I had out of a sudden lost one of my folders with a few thousands of references with PDF's, notes and tags.

How can I restore this folder?
Last time I used it was yesterday and none have used my computer since then. How can this happen and how do I restore it??

ftv88 · January 7, 2017

Ok I managed to rename the zotero square bak1 file to square and backup the lost data.

However, often an error shows up "zotero is corrupted". What can I do about that?

dstillman · January 7, 2017

Run your database through the DB Repair Tool.

ftv88 · January 7, 2017

Max 100mb, mine is just above 100 when I zip it :/

ftv88 · January 7, 2017

Ah no I managed to get it to under 100 :)

ftv88 · January 7, 2017

Nothing happened. I downloaded the sqlite3 and tried the manual steps but nothing happens when I write the code in CMD. What can I do?

ftv88 · January 7, 2017

Report id: 1048310318
If that is to any help

adamsmith · January 7, 2017

what do you mean by nothing happened wrt the online repair tool?

ftv88 · January 8, 2017

I browse the file, click upload and then wait forever. Nothing happens.

ftv88 · January 8, 2017

Now I just get this error:
"The Zotero database cannot be opened. Make sure you have read and write permissions for all files in the Zotero data directory."

adamsmith · January 8, 2017

Have you checked the file permissions for the data folder?