CAD Forum discussion (EN) : Opening a .bak file

CAD Forum discussion (EN) : Opening a .bak file https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Sun, 31 May 2026 23:34:42 +0000 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:55:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11282 <![CDATA[CAD Forum discussion (EN)]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ <![CDATA[Opening a .bak file : You might want to clean the drawing...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=11282&PID=30160&title=opening-a-bak-file#30160 Author: John Connor
Subject: 11282
Posted: 26.Jul.2015 at 13:55

You might want to clean the drawing up by using the -purge (Regapps first, then All) and Audit commands.
]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2015 13:55:02 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=11282&PID=30160&title=opening-a-bak-file#30160 <![CDATA[Opening a .bak file : Ok, I figured it out on my own....]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=11282&PID=30146&title=opening-a-bak-file#30146 Author: fsurf02
Subject: 11282
Posted: 22.Jul.2015 at 22:15

Ok, I figured it out on my own. Once I converted it I had to go through drawing recovery and open the dwg file. Mission accomplished sorry to waste anyone's time.]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:15:35 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=11282&PID=30146&title=opening-a-bak-file#30146 <![CDATA[Opening a .bak file : Hello all,I have researched this...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=11282&PID=30145&title=opening-a-bak-file#30145 Author: fsurf02
Subject: 11282
Posted: 22.Jul.2015 at 22:01

Hello all,

I have researched this on here, but am still having issues. Basically, what happened was I closed a file I was in on accident and didn't save and lost a whole days' worth of work. I really, really, really need to recover the file. I have the autosave function backing up my file every 5 minutes or so and it I was able to find the .bak file in my temp folder.

I copied the .bak file to my desktop and converted the extension to a dwg file (by going to folder options and changing the setting to view file extensions not simply adding .dwg file to the end of a .bak file). I can see the file is now a DWG file and it even is 2,262 KB and I can even see the drawing in preview pane, however, when I click on it, it opens autocad to a blank Drawing1 file. Nothing pops up or anything saying it can't locate the file or anything of that nature.

Anyone have any ideas? Should I try a reboot? I can't attach either file (the backup or the dwg file I made from the backup) but I can email it possibly if someone wants to try on their end. Thanks!

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