Need help recovering corrupt .3dS files and backups.

[Nimmy]

ok, LUCKILY I have the model for the robot ready (on yet another file, sheesh we save a lot)
I only need to make the claw again, oh well only 12 hours or so lol...

here it is, just so you guys see it, if you have any ideas on how to make 3ds max work faster with out hiding object ide appreciate it (f3 dosent help)
it's slow cause of the materials...

here's the picture of on of the models:

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5...olmodel3oa.jpg

if your wondering what makes it so heavy it's mostly the wheels (but also the main body), which we have used the STEEL material (I think it's a map though), which is very heavy and the rendering takes forever on close-up.


hey I just saw the other response, I checked the file size it's 800kb which means the data is still there, still the .bak didn't help

this is so frustrating, for now I'll work on other things, but I really hope my miracle cure is from someone on this forum *hopes*.

[Nimmy]

wow MINT you saved my day =), when I opened the autoback folder it only showed .max files, and you said there's a .bak file
so I went looking and there it was, in all it's glory =)

I really appreciate this guys

in any case if someone DOES know how to fix this corrupted files, I think it would be invaluable to all of us im so happy

//edit: still can't save, it corrupts the file

could this be due to the fact there are Xrefed objects in the scene?
if so, what am I gonna do abotu the animation???