Reply originally posted 25 Aug on our old message board
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Scott,
The program saves your changes by default so you don't lose any new work, so I do recommend saving an "as brewed" copy before running "what-ifs".
We recommend using the "Copy to Brew Log" command to save your recipes to the brew log after each brewing session so you will have a permanent copy of your recipes "as brewed" before running "what-ifs".
However, all may not be lost. BeerSmith periodically makes backups of all of your tables. Depending on when you made your original recipe you may be able to recover it using the "Recover Table" command on the "File" menu.
Try running the "Recover Table" command and see if there is a backup recipe file with a time and date after you made your original recipe but before you ran your "what-ifs". If you RECOVER one of these recipe tables, be warned that it will OVERWRITE your current My Recipes, however. MAKE SURE you save the current "My Recipes" view off first either using the "Export As" command or by answering YES when prompted to save a copy of the current table (the Recover Table command will also prompt you to save a copy before it overwrites).
In many cases the Recover Table command will let you recover from major problems. -- Please email if you need help merging in any new data after recovering the old.
Thanks!
Brad
www.beersmith.com