Help - lost months of work again!

[cysgod_du]

I had a strange thing happen yesterday.

Following months of running 2009 with no problems, yesterday, every time I tried to load 2009, the computer crashed to a blue screen with a continual beeping sound. (Vista)

I cured it by saving the "local" folder, reloading 2009, then service pack and I then imported the content back from the saved " local" folder.

My problem now is that I had been working on a route FOR MONTHS, and had almost completed it. I attempted to load it in surveyor and I get a message telling me that the map is "broken" or has elements missing.

I am unable to get into my route, despite saving a second backup copy under a different name.

Can I get back into it or have I lost MONTHS of work YET again?

 

[Euphod]

First of all: DON"T PANIC. 2009 saves into the CM2 database, and the route is probably still in there somewhere.

Second: PANIC! That beeping sound is telling you you have a component problem in your PC. It is highly likely one of your hardware pieces is close to failure. High temperatures is the usual culprit.

 

[cysgod_du]

Well for the panic bit, It was only attempting to go into Trainz that was causing the problem, and since reloading trainz it doesn't happen, so I was thinking it was buggering up the graphics or something. The computer seems to be stable now.

I do know that the maps are there, they are showing in the Surveyer and driver index, but how can I avoid the error message and load them?

 

[Euphod]

Have you saved what you can? If so, then try doing a database repair.

 

[cysgod_du]

Yep - tried that too.

I have also gone through the whole process of reloading 2009-SP1-import content-repair database again, and still it tells me the map is "broken?"