Processed image in .cdr format

[BraylenGraves]

I was processing .cdr image in CorelDraw X5 and the light was off, my pc shut down. I turned it on and during opening my .cdr I saw - Error reading a Image3.cdr file. I used Google to find there something worth, but I don't have a time to do this. I hope my issue can be solved here,

[Manfred M]

If CorelDraw can't open the file, chances are that there was a write error and the file was corrupted due to a system problem. A power failure can certainly cause this type of issue. I've had this happen to me a few times over the years of working with a computer.

These are usually errors that cannot be recovered, so unless you have a backup, you will have to start over from scratch on that work. What I will do on a complex file that will take a lot of work to rebuild is to save the file with a different file name every so often. That way I will only have to go back to the last time I saved to recover and won't have to start from scratch.

Another solution is to put your computer on an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) so that you can do a controlled shutdown when there is a power failure. This is the one advantage that laptops have over desktops...

[DanK]

Another solution is to put your computer on an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) so that you can do a controlled shutdown when there is a power failure. This is the one advantage that laptops have over desktops...

+1. I have had a UPS on my desktop for many years. Cheap and effective.

[arjunalb]

If CorelDraw can't open the file, chances are that there was a write error and the file was corrupted due to a system problem. A power failure can certainly cause this type of issue. I've had this happen to me a few times over the years of working with a computer.

These are usually errors that cannot be recovered, so unless you have a backup, you will have to start over from scratch on that work. What I will do on a complex file that will take a lot of work to rebuild is to save the file with a different file name every so often. That way I will only have to go back to the last time I saved to recover and won't have to start from scratch.

Another solution is to put your computer on an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) so that you can do a controlled shutdown when there is a power failure. This is the one advantage that laptops have over desktops...

Dude, I almost agree with you relatively it is hard to know how to restore a corel draw file, but on this phrase in search machine, I found some interesting info...
https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/a...pted-CDR-Files
https://onlinefile.repair/en/coreldraw.html

[Manfred M]

Dude, I almost agree with you relatively it is hard to know how to restore a corel draw file, but on this phrase in search machine, I found some interesting info...
https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/a...pted-CDR-Files
https://onlinefile.repair/en/coreldraw.html

If these methods work for you, great.

The assumption for the repairs used in these methods is that the header information has been corrupted and can be rebuilt, but the rest of the data is okay. If this is the case, you might get lucky and the repair techniques might work. In the past I have never been that lucky.

The real question is, what will take you less time, rebuilding the file from scratch or searching for and trying the recovery techniques. If you have spent less than an hour working on the file, I'm will to be that restarting your work will be faster. If this is a project you worked on for days, I would be tempted to try some of these techniques. Just make sure that you start using a workflow that will minimize the risk of this happening again.