Illustrator - The file is in an unknown format and cannot be opened

[ece nazd92480232]

Hello everyone, short time ago all my illustrator files that I saved to the hard disk were lost. I downloaded a program called EaseUs Data Recovery Wizard. It scanned the Hard Disk and found all the lost files. However, now when I try to open the ai file, the problem appears in the image that I have shared with you. I tried all the solutions brought to this problem before, but none of them worked for me. I still had a lot of projects I was working on. I'm afraid it's all gone completely.

Thank you,

Ece.

[ece nazd92480232]

I tried to save it as svg file and I also try to open the file in Indesign but nothing is working for me.

[Doug A Roberts]

Can you open the file in a PDF viewer, or use File > Place in Illustrator?

[ece nazd92480232]

Hello, thank you for the reply.

I tried but I faced these problems! I am sharing with you,

[Doug A Roberts]

Then I'm afraid the file is probably not recoverable.

[Met1]

Try changing the suffix to .pdf or .eps then try opening in Acrobat, or use Distiller app...

[Kevin Stohlmeyer · Accepted solution]

Your file is encoded wrong from the recovery software. Unfortunately there is not much you can do with this.