Import BAK files?

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cdoyal
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Import BAK files?

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I have dive logs from Suunto DM3 and DM4 that are backed up as a .bak file.
Is there any way to restore and import them into Diving Log 5.0?
Thanks!
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Re: Import BAK files?

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Hi

Are you sure these files are from Suunto Dive Manager? Diving Log creates automatic backup files with this extension. Anyways, you can try to rename the extension of the SDM 3 bak files to .mdb and the SDM 4 files to *.db and try to import them with the Suunto import functions. If that does not work, try to rename to *.zip to see if these are actually zip files.

Kind regards,
Sven
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Re: Import BAK files?

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Yes, I'm sure it is the back up file created by SDM4. SDM allows their logbook to be backed up to a .bak file but it doesn't offer a way to restore the back up. That's one of the many reasons I'm trying Diving Log!
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Re: Import BAK files?

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divinglog wrote:Hi

Are you sure these files are from Suunto Dive Manager? Diving Log creates automatic backup files with this extension. Anyways, you can try to rename the extension of the SDM 3 bak files to .mdb and the SDM 4 files to *.db and try to import them with the Suunto import functions. If that does not work, try to rename to *.zip to see if these are actually zip files.

Kind regards,
Sven
All dives imported from SDM 4 but the locations didn't come over.
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Re: Import BAK files?

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As far as I know there is no location information in the SDM 4 logbook.
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