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Recover old drawing in .bak file

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Printed Date: 31.May.2026 at 23:08


Topic: Recover old drawing in .bak file
Posted By: newcat
Subject: Recover old drawing in .bak file
Date 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


Replies:
Posted By: CarlB
Date Posted: 31.Oct.2009 at 19:03
Rename the file to have ".dwg" instead of a ".bak" extension.

Posted By: newcat
Date Posted: 01.Nov.2009 at 04:50
I am 100% happy because it works.
Thank you very much.


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