[R] Odp: help with fatal error message

[Petr PIKAL]

Hi

AFAIK sometimes this can happen if your .Rdata was saved when some 
packages had been in action. But in that case you should have your message 
extended with someting like:

"cannot load package ...." or similar. 

It helped me when I started plain R session invoked necessary packages and 
opened a particular workspace. However if your .Rdata is corrupted I do 
not know about any procedure how to restore it. Therefore it is 
recommended to save copies of your data in other formats (txt, csv, ...) 
and I usually save history periodically to separate files so I can go back 
to what I have done before.
Regards

Petr
petr.pikal at precheza.cz

r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 10.12.2007 21:42:37:

> Dear helper,
> 
> After some cleaning, I found out that I cannot open my R2.6.0 console
> with message: "Fatal error: unable to restore saved data in .Rdata",
> and every time I retry it just kick me off. I am wondering if I still
> be able to retrieve the data that I've been working for a month.
> 
> I have installed the new R2.6.1 and it has no problem to open, only
> there is nothing in it I also wonder if I will be able to transfer all
> the files in 2.6.0 to 2.6.1. I appreciate anyone who can help.
> 
> Thank you,
> Ilham
> 
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