Corrupt or invalid file

[barbill]

Hello, The computer locked up but managed to save the file iwas working on,turned off then on again went to get the file and got the error corrupt or invalid file and now cannot open file. when i look at it in explorer it looks as though the data is there. Question,is there anyway this file can be recovered? thank you. :bandhead:

[Lloyd]

I've had this before. Do you have autosave, to a separate file, on?

 

I found if the error was showing up in mill I could sometimes open the file OK in design or lathe, re-save and then mill would open it again.

 

Hopefully you will be as lucky.

[barbill]

sorry forgot mcam 9.1 sp2

[barbill]

thanks Lloyd autosave is on but not to a different file ive also tried opening up in design and lathe but no joy there

[cadcam]

If you loose just a few bytes of info then the file will be corrupt and you will not come back up.

 

Setup your Autosave is a great Idea.

[Jake Statz]

Depending on how often you save, you could get back a fair amount of your file using the "Salvage" option in Windows Explorer. Right click on the folder that your file is in and select salvage, it will give you a list of all the previous saves, then click on the last one and have it salvage that file. It will ask you for a file name call it something other than your original file and remember to give it an extention ie. .MC9. It will salvage that file to what ever folder it was originally in. Hopefully this works for you.

[3rdstring]

Salvage? I,ve never seen that. Are you sure thats not some 3rd party functionality?

[barbill]

Jake, could you tell us where you got the salvage utility from it sounds like it could save a lot of headaches thanks billo

[toolall1]

thats new to me thanks alot