Help! Recover Eclipse file [closed]

Question

I'm using eclipse, when i close eclipse, it ask me save a file, I press yes and eclipse shuts down. When I open my computer I see that the drive only has 3 bytes left, and I get a bad feeling. I go to my file and oh my god, it's totally blank, size is 0 byte! :(

I need that file back, can a free recovery program can work on this case?

Answer 1

Sometimes Eclipse keeps the changes it made to the files you edit. Does not always work but it's worth a try :

• Find you file in your (package, project, navigator) explorer.
• Right click on your file and look for the menus to compare... (I recommend Compare though in your case it will not matter since the file is now empty)
• Choose Local History... from the sub menu

If you are lucky and had been using Eclipse to edit the file you should find a few entries there. Look them up, chances are you will find the content.

This has helped me countless times and saved my ass on many occasions. However, every times I resort to it I always feel like hitting my head with a baseball bat for not commiting changes to the source control system earlier.

good luck, if that does not work I fear the SO will not be of much help to you :-(

--- EDIT --- Little something that can help make this trick a tad bit more useful.

you can change the amount of information Eclipse keeps in local history, go to your preferences and then general->Workspace->Local History (Indigo here, may be different on other versions). If you tend to be light headed or burn the midnight oil a bit too much this will help you repair the next day that bug fix you insisted on finishing before going to sleep.