Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/solve/loadresultsfromdisk.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/solve/loadresultsfromdisk.m	(revision 20820)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/solve/loadresultsfromdisk.m	(revision 20821)
@@ -15,5 +15,12 @@
 	%Check that file exists
 	if ~exist(filename,'file'),
-		error(['binary file ' filename ' not found.']);
+		error(sprintf(['\n'...
+			'============================================================\n'...
+			'   Binary file ' filename ' not found                       \n'... 
+			'                                                            \n'...
+			'   This typically happens when the run crashed.             \n'...
+			'   Please check for error messages above or in the outlog   \n'...
+			'============================================================\n'...
+			]));
 	end
 
