Trying to open a recovered file
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Hello there...
My windows OS recently had some flaws, took it to the shop and the hard disk had to be reformatted (ouch). My hard disk had two partitions; 50gb for the OS and program files and 250 for storage. The nut cake at the shop over saw this and simply reformatted the entire disk. I recovered some important SU files after he reinstalled windows again but they won't open. They have the correct file extension, date, and file size---but just won't open. I get a "doesn't seem to be a sketchup model" message when I try. Has this ever happened to anyone and is there a way to correct the file? Please help!!!!!!!
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That sounds bad. If theyre really important you might be able to beg with the good people at google to see if they can recover anything. craigd of these forums is probably the person to talk to first.
might be worth trying to the skb file before you do that though, you never know.
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does indeed not sound too well. I once formatted my disk by accident. but I didn't overwrite it with new information before recovering the files. took me days to find the right prog though - this one not only found my lost partition, but four older partitions with files I barely remembered. unfortunately I can't remember the name of the prog. and I won't be at home until christmas to look for it
it indeed sounds, like your file is corrupted. tell us if the Google guys can help you. would be interesting to know if that is possible.
good luck!
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It doesn't sound good at all. It sounds like the files were corrupted in the some or other way. I really hope you get it sorted though and that you learn from this to make regular backups!
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Thank you all for your thoughts and words regarding my little inconvenient episode.
Remus,I've tried opening the SKB file but to no avail. I'm new to these forums, who exactly is craigd and how do I get in touch with him?
Jakob, the disk was brand new. The only thing overwritten on it was the OS.
Julian, I will most certainly make additional backups all over the place from now on--- (data DVD's, External hard drives, other pc's, etc...).
Thanks again to all who cared...ferrcorni
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Craigd is the main google representative on these forums. If you look for him on the members list then send him a PM form there that should get you started.
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