I backed-up part of my HD on CD some time ago. I'm trying to look at
those files now but can't. Somehow it ended up with a .NPF extension
and I can't open it. The search I've done on the net (Filext and one or
2 others) gives just a bit of info but not how to open it. I saw a
mention of Nero at Filext but haven't been able to open it even with
that program.
Can you help?
Thanks

EW105 <ew105@ncf.ca> wrote:

|>I backed-up part of my HD on CD some time ago. I'm trying to look at
|>those files now but can't. Somehow it ended up with a .NPF extension
|>and I can't open it. The search I've done on the net (Filext and one or
|>2 others) gives just a bit of info but not how to open it. I saw a
|>mention of Nero at Filext but haven't been able to open it even with
|>that program.
|>Can you help?

Open it in a decent text editor (UltraEdit) or use Peek
http://members.ping.at/mlubich/ (works for XP and below)
and look for key words.

Also right clicking on it and selecting properties can tell you quite
a bit.

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"EW105" <ew105@ncf.ca> wrote in message
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So what backup program did you use? While Nero uses .npf, that is a project
file listing what items, like music files, are within a project. It is not
a backup file. The .npf extension is also used by NTI Backup
(http://www.ntius.com/). Maybe that is what you used. You would know
better than us what backup program you used that created files with that
extension.

It's been a couple of years so I don't remember but since I'm still at
the bottom of the learning curve re pc maintance and upkeep, anything
is possible...
Vanguard wrote:

It's been a couple of years so I don't remember but since I'm still at
the bottom of the learning curve re pc maintance and upkeep, anything
is possible...
Vanguard wrote:

"ew105" <jmlachance@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Does NTI Backup sound familiar? Even software you used a couple years ago
should job in your memory as to whether it was something you used or not.
Did you find if you have a copy of NTI Backup? If not, it is probably a
proprietary format only that program knows how to read, so you'll end up
having to buy it again. You could use a hex editor to look for strings
within the .npf file to see if it happens to identify what product created
the file. SysInternals has a 'strings' utility that will list ASCII strings
that it finds in a file.

I'd recommend FlexHex (http://www.flexhex.com/), its 'scan for strings'
feature is really good.