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Jürgen Holwein
Username: valentin

Registered: N/A
Posted on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 - 14:13:   

I try to recover backup files from an accounting Program called BPNextT with the extension *.bps.
Using the disk tool "recover by type" and opening the "signature", within the Excelsheet, I can insert the extension but.... the tool is missing the header.

How or where can I find this "header" information?
The same question regards to *.pdf files later on.
Best Jürgen
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Björn Ganster
Username: admin4

Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 - 17:28:   

We do not know the BPNextT software or the .BPS file format. In some cases, you can open some sample files in WinHex. If the files always start with the same characters, you can use these as a header signature for file carving, but it requires some basic knowledge about hex editing. Often, the header characters are similar to the file extension (BPS), or indicate the software name or vendor.

PDF files are easily identified by the first characters: "%PDF". Our signature database contains an entry for PDF.
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Patricia Monica Delbono
Username: pato

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Posted on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 - 18:47:   

Could you tell me if you know in what programming language is made? For example: Visual Basic, Visual C, etc.
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Jürgen Holwein
Username: valentin

Registered: N/A
Posted on Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009 - 13:24:   

Thank´s a lot so far for the support. I did contact die Software companiy´s helpdesk for the required informations and expect those soon.

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