it feels great to post your frustration. but, there could be many factors as to why the program crashed. you should not have completed A LOT of work without saving as you go. most apps have settings or plugins that allow for automatic and incremental saves. system restore won't recover your file, if there was one. and how…
Incremental saves are the way to go, as it taking earlier numbered back ups and burning them to CD, just in case. the hardware is better than it used to be when I started in this business. Keeps the drives from filling up entirely. Scott