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   Having problems with my AutoCad 2008LT.

Under options I specify to save every 10 minutes... but it doesn't.

It saves an automatic Bak file, but unable to open it, even when I change the extension to .dwg. 
Could it be that I need to alter other Options. Any help greatly appreciated.
Mike

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AREALarchitect Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21.Feb.2011 Location: United Kingdom Using: AutoCad 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2	Topic: Saving and Bak files Posted: 23.Jun.2011 at 21:54
	Having problems with my AutoCad 2008LT. Under options I specify to save every 10 minutes... but it doesn't. It saves an automatic Bak file, but unable to open it, even when I change the extension to .dwg. Could it be that I need to alter other Options. Any help greatly appreciated. Mike

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 24.Jun.2011 at 00:26
	AutoCAD and "saved" files. Read this. http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=4345 Edited by John Connor - 24.Jun.2011 at 00:29
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AREALarchitect Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21.Feb.2011 Location: United Kingdom Using: AutoCad 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: 24.Jun.2011 at 19:31
	Apologies for my lack of knowledge.. What I really require to do is activate automatic save files .sv$, for having set these saves at 10 minute intervals they don't appear anywhere or should I be looking in another file or do I require to set one up. Having lost some items of work recently it is frustrating to have to redo the work.

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 25.Jun.2011 at 01:52
	You might want to check the path to where your autosave files are being directed to. Do this through OPTIONS.
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Cad64 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17.Apr.2010 Location: United States Using: Autocad 2011, 3DS Max 2011, Photoshop CS5 Status: Offline Points: 491	Posted: 25.Jun.2011 at 02:20
	One thing you may not realize is that the automatic save is not a replacement for normal manual saving that you should be doing regularly. The autosave file only exists if your computer has crashed. When you exit Autocad normally, the autosave file is deleted. So, if you lost work due to a crash, your autosave file should be available, but if you lost work because you accidentally deleted something, there will be no autosave file to go back to.
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