What suffix is .bak?

[hoihtah]

what is .bak file?

i asked for all the tables that we're using for this database..
and this guy gave me a .bak file.

i'm assuming that it's a back up file to something.

but what kinda software does it need to open up?

 

[Electric Amish]

Yes it's a backup.

It depends on what the orignal file extension was.

amish

 

[minendo]

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/BAK_file.html

 

[Lucky]

my built in windows backup control panel creates .bak files, perhaps use that?

 

[PG]

AutoCAD uses .bak files for backup files, just as you suggested. I think I was able to open one once by changing the extension to .dwg, the normal AutoCAD file extension.

Try to change the .bak to whatever the normal file extension is and see if it opens.

edit: I mean change the .bak to whatever your normal dbase file extension is.

 

[Nitemare]

That is what I stick on the end of any file before I tweak it where I might still need the original

 

[rh71]

Whenever I get an unknown file extension (to Windows, at least), I just try opening it up in Notepad first. If it looks garbled/encrypted, then it's real important. .bak is obviously a backup file to somethin...

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
That is what I stick on the end of any file before I tweak it where I might still need the original

Same here. I've always thought .bak was a generic extension used for that purpose by any number of apps.

 

[hoihtah]

i opened it up with word.

and i made out these words at the top

tape
microsoft sql
server
spad
sfmb
sset

does this mean that it's a ms sql file?

 

[hoihtah]

bump

 

[xirtam]

Too hard to tell.

"Backup in your *** with the resurrection!"