Save file corrupt, can I fix it?

[Xirix]

My pokemon pearl save has corrupted for some reason or another.. losing me over 10 hours of progress, which was stressful enough as it is. Is there anyway I can fix the file?

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

nope, remember to keep backups in future.

[Xirix]

But surely it still has the information on it..... no program could resolve it?

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Well I suppose you could try and use the pokemon savegame editor on it and just make a minor change like give yourself some generic common pokemon and the see if that fixed it....but if that does not work then no.

I don't know where you would get the idea from the corrupted saves can be fixed...no system, not PC, PS2, Gamecube, XBOX360 or anything like that has such a program/option...if a save is corrupt then it's corrupt, game over.
Granted savegame corruption is not too common on them (unless it's Oblivion) but it still occurs and once it's happened that's that.

[Xirix]

Pokesav? I can't seem to get any .sav files to work on that, comes up with an error message in Japanese.

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

http://forums.ngemu.com/no-gba/88632-how-hack-your-pokemon-save-file-instructions.html

Check that topic...if that does not work, then it's game over.

[Xirix]

Eh... same error, even with my non-corrupt backup. I tried some conversions, but when loaded it doesn't remotely come up with the information from my save. Ugh

[Chris21]

save files are like politicians, not all are corrupt, but once corrupt you have no choice but to throw it or him/her out.

[Foxfire Inferno]

save files are like politicians, not all are corrupt, but once corrupt you have no choice but to throw it or him/her out.

QFT.
That's why I was a bit sad when I found my old GBC Pokemon games that were packed away in a box of other crap but the internal batteries had already died (due to the constantly running internal clock that those games have.)