Hello, the draftsight software has crashed, and I can't find my file on which I worked for 3 days, does anyone know how to recover a draftsight file please, thank you in advance
Hello
There is probably a .bak file in the same folder, or do a Windows search on the full computer (by searching for .bak or the file name).
If the file is found, a copy is created and the .bak is replaced by .dwg (or .dxf) to open it with DraftSight.
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Search for files with the extension ( . BAK) and rename your files with the correct extension
Just rename the bak file to dwg, for example, if your file is called test.bak, rename it to test.dwg.
This will give you the last automatic backup of the file.
In the Windaube Search tab
File Extension BAK – Extension de fichier BAK
Files with a BAK extension are used to create a backup copy of a file. If you are using the Windows operating system, Windows automatically creates a BAK file when you create a new file, such as a Word document. Windows also creates other backup files with the BAK extension, such as files needed to start your PC or to access different programs and applications.
In summary, BAK files are backup copies of documents, applications, programs, and other data on your PC. This type of file extension is used by both the Windows operating system and Mac OS X. To view the document in its original format, it is necessary to open it using the program that created the BAK file.
How to Open Files with BAK File Extension
Whether you are using a Windows PC or a Mac, it is important to remember that you need to use the program that created the BAK file. You must also change the file extension of the BAK file to display its contents. Here's how to do it:
If you have a document created with a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word, you will have two files for the same document. One file will have the DOC or DOCX extension if you have a newer version of Microsoft Word, and the other file will be your backup file with the BAK extension.
To view the file with the BAK extension, it is necessary to manually change the extension. BAK .DOC or .DOCX so that the file is associated with the program that created it, in this case Microsoft Word. To do this, simply click Start on your computer's main toolbar and then choose My Computer from the menu that appears.
In the new My Computer window , click Control Panel on the top toolbar, and then choose Folder Options from the drop-down menu. Click View in New Window and uncheck theHide extensions for file types with known file types, then click Apply and close the window. This will now display all the file extensions, so you can easily locate the BAK file.
Identify the file with the BAK extension, right-click on it. When the drop-down menu appears, clickRename and change the extension to DOC or DOCX to view the document in Microsoft Word. If you have Word 2007 or higher, the document extension will be DOCX. For older versions of Word prior to 2007, you can change the extension to DOC. Press Enter and open the document in Microsoft Word.
This article is about the file extension BAK and is translated into French.
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Thank you for your answers, I found it, but when I open it on draftsight, I find it empty
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Have you changed the extension of your file
read the article I posted on my previous answer
Yes I found it in the form of a bak, it says well that it is 140 kb, I convert it to DWG or DXF but to open it on draftsight even on autocad it doesn't want it to say: incorrect drawing format, a computer scientist told me that the file was corrupted by windows
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The solution was there
;-)......................................... Well and very sorry that Windaude is put the sprig in this file
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Hello
See your bak file in the post, it happens to me often and I open it with my programming software and there it works...
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Hello, just in case, try the function under Autocad (if it's 2014) "recover" whenever it works
Kind regards
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Hello
Have you succeeded?