How to get back damaged file

[Anonymous]

[dbroad]

Did you push the recover button? If so, save the recovered drawing. If not, why ask here?

[neaton]

Click Recover and let AutoCAD repair the file. It will probably open fine once it has been recovered.

Nancy

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your reply, it does not change anything and the file does not open even I click recover.

[pendean]

[neaton]

Post the drawing and someone here may be able to open it.

What version are you using? Do you have all the autocad updates installed?

Nancy

[dbroad · Accepted solution]

That probably means the file isn't recoverable. Rename the unrecoverable file to change it's extension to BAD. Then rename the backup file by changing it's extension from BAK to DWG. You probably want to recover that file instead of opening it normally.  If the BAK file doesn't exist, check for copies on other drives (if you follow a standard file backup process) or check your %temp% folder for a file with a similar name with $SV file extension.