Is it possible to save a file somehow created in Illustrator CS4? (there is no autobackup in this brilliant program)

[Skaldr]

I got carried away a bit and forgot to save the file that i ought to complete at the scheduled time. Ajust Color menu froze up and did not want to close. No error messages nor warnings. At last it closed and now i am do not know what to do. I found no temp files in a hard drive and have no backup.
I don`t understand, is it so hard for developers to add an autobackup feature in Illustrator? The only program remains in the whole world without it, except maybe MS Paint.

 

[Eternal One]

If the work doesn't save throughout the day in the hope of Illustrator's/Windows's/hardware's bug-free, then this is true only for a naive girls. And it turns out as in the joke:"wrote the story, closed Word without saving, how to recover the text?”

Try to find something in a common Windows folder Local settings\Temp , though, as I understand it, the urgency has passed.

Read this, maybe helps in the matter: http/www.filerepairforum.com/forum/adobe/adobe-aa/illustrator/1887-data-retrieval-from-a-damaged-ai-file

And download an AutoHotKey. Put a script code in a file with the ahk extension, such as Autosave.ahk and put a shortcut in the startup
Loop
{
IfWinActive, ahk_class illustrator
{
sleep 15*60000
send ^s
}
}
The script will emulate pressing Ctrl + S at the active Illustrator's window every 15 minutes. Time course can be changed to your wishes.