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Topic ClosedRecover old drawing in .bak file
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newcat View Drop Down
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Points: 5 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: Recover old drawing in .bak file
    Posted: 31.Oct.2009 at 16:54
Could someone please show me the steps how to recover my old Cad drawing files that are in .BAK file?
My computer crashed, with smoke released.  I tried to search the old cad drawing on my new computer and all I can see is the name of the drawings, but they all in .BAK format.
TIA
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Points: 321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31.Oct.2009 at 19:03
Rename the file to have ".dwg" instead of a ".bak" extension.
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Points: 5 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01.Nov.2009 at 04:50
I am 100% happy because it works.
Thank you very much.
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