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Recoving 7 Zip Archive - Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive
Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive error. Hey all, i recently created a backup of all my websites, databases and many projects, using a backup tool: cobian backup 9. This created three files for the folder i was backing up (my xampp directroy) These were three 7-zip files split into 700mb, 001, 002, and 003. I copyed these to an external HDD, re-formatted my Main HDD in my machine, re-insatlled windows and copyed them back over. I managed to extract these split up files from 001, which should give me the directory i backed up.. but it didnt it game me another 7-zip archive, this time an overall of the folder.. so it must have compressed a compressed file.. THing is i cant read/extract it! Now i cant open this archive with anything.. and its really important i get this data back.. I have tryed WinRar, 7-Zip, The 'Tools Decompresser' in Cobian.. And im really starting to freak out, because i CANNOT lose this data.. What can i do to get my data back? -- GodsDead |
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Recoving 7 Zip Archive - Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive
GodsDead wrote:
Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive error. Hey all, i recently created a backup of all my websites, databases and many projects, using a backup tool: cobian backup 9. This created three files for the folder i was backing up (my xampp directroy) These were three 7-zip files split into 700mb, 001, 002, and 003. I copyed these to an external HDD, re-formatted my Main HDD in my machine, re-insatlled windows and copyed them back over. I managed to extract these split up files from 001, which should give me the directory i backed up.. but it didnt it game me another 7-zip archive, this time an overall of the folder.. so it must have compressed a compressed file.. THing is i cant read/extract it! Now i cant open this archive with anything.. and its really important i get this data back.. I have tryed WinRar, 7-Zip, The 'Tools Decompresser' in Cobian.. And im really starting to freak out, because i CANNOT lose this data.. What can i do to get my data back? I really feel for you. Now you know the reason for *testing* a backup first. You can try to contact the guy who wrote Cobian backup, although I don't think he's supporting it any more. The alternative - if no one else here has a suggestion for you - is to contact a professional data recovery company. I use Drive Savers (www.drivesavers.com). This will not be cheap. Next time try a different backup program. I like Acronis True Image because it images your system and does incremental backups. Good luck, Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Recoving 7 Zip Archive - Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive
GodsDead wrote:
And im really starting to freak out, because i CANNOT lose this data.. You could pray a lot... OH, just noticed your moniker. Never miiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnd. |
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Recoving 7 Zip Archive - Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive
Oh no, so no-one has used a 7z recovery programme that works? Most of the things i search, just seem to be a bunch of rubbish/spyware... well im not going to lose hope yet, keep trying i suppose.. -- GodsDead |
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Recoving 7 Zip Archive - Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive
"GodsDead" wrote in message ... Oh no, so no-one has used a 7z recovery programme that works? Most of the things i search, just seem to be a bunch of rubbish/spyware... well im not going to lose hope yet, keep trying i suppose.. I used to fool around with these two file-splitting programs: HJSplit / MegaSplit These programs split / join files. As a last resort, you might make copies of your 001, 002 etc. files and try to "join" them into one large 7z archvie. Then try to extract contents. Good luck. NetBlue |
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Recoving 7 Zip Archive - Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive
GodsDead;4572516 Wrote: Cannot open file 'xampp.7z' as archive error. Hey all, i recently created a backup of all my websites, databases and many projects, using a backup tool: cobian backup 9. This created three files for the folder i was backing up (my xampp directroy) These were three 7-zip files split into 700mb, 001, 002, and 003. I copyed these to an external HDD, re-formatted my Main HDD in my machine, re-insatlled windows and copyed them back over. I managed to extract these split up files from 001, which should give me the directory i backed up.. but it didnt it game me another 7-zip archive, this time an overall of the folder.. so it must have compressed a compressed file.. THing is i cant read/extract it! Now i cant open this archive with anything.. and its really important i get this data back.. I have tryed WinRar, 7-Zip, The 'Tools Decompresser' in Cobian.. And im really starting to freak out, because i CANNOT lose this data.. What can i do to get my data back? -- GodsDead I know some zip archives when you split them like that (assuming you created one archive, and automatically split it into parts, rather than just creating 3 archives) only store the header information in the first archive. So you can't just extract them separately, you need to tell the extractor it's split into 3 parts and it should process it is as one archive. You tried this? -- Erasmus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Erasmus's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/147523.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-fil...nt/1232925.htm http://forums.techarena.in |