title: Eclipse Workspace Corrupted due to improper shutdown
body: <p>I'm working with Eclipse juno on windows7-64bit OS. Due to sudden power problem my system got shutdown, when i restart the Eclipse next start, Eclipse fails to load the workspace. It freezes on startup, or the workspace does not show up. It seems the workspace gets corrupted every time Eclipse is not shut down properly.</p>
  
  <p>One way to fix the startup is</p>
  
  <p>rm -rf ~/workspace/.metadata</p>
  
  <p>After doing this, of course, settings are gone, projects have to be reimported etc. - It's really a pain :( and I don't understand why it has to be this way. Other applications seem to be able to keep their data intact, even if they are killed.</p>
  
  <p>Can you suggest ways to remedy this problem? Are there ways of recovering a corrupted workspace including the settings?</p>
  
  <p>thanks in advance</p>