When looking inside the backup folder, located where the central file resides, you do not see any .rvt files to open. To properly recover a Revit file you will need to do the following:
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Copy the backup folder to a location without the central file (this step is critical to prevent the corruption in the project from stopping the recovery).
- Start Revit
- Open the software>from the ribbon go to the Collaborate tab>then to Restore Backup.
- Revit will ask you whether to recover the .rvt file from the backups. Click Yes.
- Navigate to where the central file is stored. You will see a folder with the central files name_backup.
- Click once on the backup folder then click the Open button
- You will now get a list of times when the backup was saved periodically throughout the day.
- Click Save As and navigate to a location to save the recovered file, and verify you are able to open it successfully. If you are not you may need to go through steps 1-7 to find an older save backup file.
Thank you, great post and nice blog. managed to recover the central file using the method sbrown was mentioning.I find truly amazing the levels of backup Revit offers you when you work with a central file
Posted by: WebVisible | 06/15/2011 at 03:11 AM
Well thanks for giving the instruction of How to properly find and recover a central file in Revit..This is really helpful..
Posted by: crowdSPRING | 07/08/2011 at 05:23 AM
I am glad to read the steps and i am finding it easy to do! thanks a ton!
Posted by: WFG Canada | 07/30/2011 at 01:59 AM
This means that any scripts you have for copying a central file to create a local file will not work with Revit Server.
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Posted by: Alfonso Fanjul | 11/15/2011 at 03:28 AM
This is very easy method of finding and recovering a central file in Revit..its realy very informative blog..
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Posted by: s.m.nadeem | 09/17/2012 at 07:51 AM
OMG Thank you so much for this useful advice.
I managed to recover 8 hours worth of lost work!! Even the IT guy couldn't solve my issue and told me to Google it. And so I stumbled across this blog and am so very greatful.
Saved my life literally!! Thank you so much once again.
Posted by: end user | 09/29/2015 at 03:45 AM
You are very welcome!
Posted by: Cherisse | 09/29/2015 at 09:27 AM