What to do after a corrupted Windows 10 went BSOD on repeat? Need to recover ExoCAD and HyperDENT 🤦‍♂️

[theuser]

Hello guys,
As the title says, my Windows 10 PC decided to go dark (as in blue-screen-of-death, actually). I can't use it anymore but the files on the drive doesn't look corrupted so I can copy-paste whatever was on it (I was using original ExoCAD 3.0 that was upgraded to 3.1 couple days after the initial release {some said that's some demo/show version but I don't think so since it was fully functional and no, I can't remember the version }).
I've bought a new SSD, installed fresh Windows 10 and our reseller installed ExoCAD and HyperDENT, BUT:
1) installed fresh copy of Exocad (I don't think it's the same one as the previous one because things are looking like on the 3.0 {I'm meaning at the way the files get loaded, the options that are presented during the initial setup and so on}). The label says 3.1 Rijeka 8200. Former ExoCAD had many different "optimisations" (the user interface colors, the material configurations and parameters, etc.)
2) installed fresh Hyperdent (I think I had version 9.2 and now I have 9.3). I used to have personal and modified strategies/templates that were installed by someone that sadly is no longer available so my reseller doesn't have them and I can't say I'm happy with the ones that were installed by default (they are for Roland 52dci milling machine).
It would be really great if someone could tell me where should I go and look over the files that I was using on the "older system" so that I could copy-paste those to be able to have the same profiles/configurations on ExoCAD and to be able to use the same strategies as before with HyperDENT?

I'd appreciate any help/ideea that I can try to get this solved 'cause it's a pita so far!

Thanks in advance!

 

[LarryRDC]

Windows does have some tools to deal BSOD caused due to corrupted files and you might be able to get it fixed an d running again..

My M2 drive took a dump a month or so ago. So i just replaced it and installed windows and the backup program and restored it back just like it was before the crash..
Every day when I turn off the workstation it does a full backup.

 

[zero_zero]

If worst comes to worst, you could boot it from a USB or a CD and retrieve the important stuff from the hard drive.

 

[NoName]

If worst comes to worst, you could boot it from a USB or a CD and retrieve the important stuff from the hard drive.

Yeah, that's probably the best answer, also figure our what's the deal with BSOD, meaning what caused that so that it would not happen again, also keep backups, just buy some ssd, they are cheap anyway, and just back your stuff up like once a year.

 

[NoName]

There are lots of things you can do in your situation, but we need more information - if you are using PC and you can easily take our your hard drive - the easiest way is to connect it to another PC and just access the files (using SATA or usb adapter).

Me personally - I am prepared for these kinds of things, I have an nvme ssd in enclosure with usb and usb c connections with Medicat (just google it, you're welcome) software installed, so that's my diagnostics tool, with that thing - you would find a way to do something, you can even copy the files to the same nvme ssd if you have enough space, so it saved me couple of times already - highly recommend it.

You can also try to go into bios, try to access safe mode and roll back updates, that might work, I'm not sure. Also if you're having problems due to windows password - you can try to put in windows cd/usb and try to restore from cd/usb or you can also try to install linux next to windows to dual boot and access your files from there..there are lots of ways, but I don't have the full information, I have no idea when the BSOD appears, maybe the bios won't work, who knows..

 

[Toothman19]

Take pictures on your phone, add the chatgpt app on your phone, upload photos to chatgpt, and it it how ti fix your problem. If you aren't good with computers, tell chatgpt that and ask for a step by step guide

 

[theuser]

Windows does have some tools to deal BSOD caused due to corrupted files and you might be able to get it fixed an d running again..

My M2 drive took a dump a month or so ago. So i just replaced it and installed windows and the backup program and restored it back just like it was before the crash..
Every day when I turn off the workstation it does a full backup.

Tried them all. That initial Windows got messed up real good. No way to make it run again.

If worst comes to worst, you could boot it from a USB or a CD and retrieve the important stuff from the hard drive.

As I've said, I can retrieve the files straight from the new Windows, the MAIN ISSUE is what files do I need to copy-paste from the older installation and how to verify if my ExoCAD version is the same with the previous one?

Yeah, that's probably the best answer, also figure our what's the deal with BSOD, meaning what caused that so that it would not happen again, also keep backups, just buy some ssd, they are cheap anyway, and just back your stuff up like once a year.

Something got messed up in the registries, although I made backups they were not available. Actually, when they were available, I restored that restore point and after that my Windows went dark. I already have a new SSD and a new Windows and everything else is just basic. I need to paste over whatever configurations I can get from the older SSD but I don't know what files I need and I don't want to mess up the current installations because I can work with them but I'm wasting time dealing with stuff that is not properly configured. So what files do I need to get back from where to where?

There are lots of things you can do in your situation, but we need more information - if you are using PC and you can easily take our your hard drive - the easiest way is to connect it to another PC and just access the files (using SATA or usb adapter).

Me personally - I am prepared for these kinds of things, I have an nvme ssd in enclosure with usb and usb c connections with Medicat (just google it, you're welcome) software installed, so that's my diagnostics tool, with that thing - you would find a way to do something, you can even copy the files to the same nvme ssd if you have enough space, so it saved me couple of times already - highly recommend it.

You can also try to go into bios, try to access safe mode and roll back updates, that might work, I'm not sure. Also if you're having problems due to windows password - you can try to put in windows cd/usb and try to restore from cd/usb or you can also try to install linux next to windows to dual boot and access your files from there..there are lots of ways, but I don't have the full information, I have no idea when the BSOD appears, maybe the bios won't work, who knows..

BIOS does not offer any recovery in my situation. Any recoveries or repairs from Windows Media Installer also fails to repair anything. I can access the files just fine from the current Windows on the new SSD. What files do I need to copy over from the older SSD?

Take pictures on your phone, add the chatgpt app on your phone, upload photos to chatgpt, and it it how ti fix your problem. If you aren't good with computers, tell chatgpt that and ask for a step by step guide

Already tried that, not helpful (I mean it was until the point it recommended to get a new SSD with a new Windows and isntall everything from scratch).
ChatGPT has no clue what files I need to bring over from the older installations so can you help out with that?

To ALL: the matter as we speak is not to recover the older Windows from the older SSD but to know what files do I need to copy from Exocad and Hyperdent/Followme so that my parameters, materials, settings and the templates and my personal milling strategies to be usable on the NEW Exocad (still v3.1 but I don't recall if it's the very same release) and on the Hyperdent v9.3 (Previously I had 9.2).
So, any thoughts on that?

 

[ANoobTech]

Why not just copy the whole exocad folder and paste it into the new C drive? Idk anything about hyperdent but I imagine you could just do the same thing

 

[zero_zero]

Why not just copy the whole exocad folder and paste it into the new C drive? Idk anything about hyperdent but I imagine you could just do the same thing

That... might need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable (or somethin' similarly named) in order to run IIRC

 

[NoName]

Your Exocad is here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\exocadFramework

So just copy the whole folder, the .exe file is in DentalDB\bin, it is named DentalDB.exe

 

[ANoobTech]

Your Exocad is here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\exocadFramework

So just copy the whole folder, the .exe file is in DentalDB\bin, it is named DentalDB.exe

That's the framework folder. The folder that holds DentalDB.exe is usually in right under the C drive, something like C:\exocad-[version]\

 

[NoName]

That's the framework folder. The folder that holds DentalDB.exe is usually in right under the C drive, something like C:\exocad-[version]\

No it's not, mine is here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\exocadFramework\DentalDB\bin\DentalDB.exe

.exe launches the software

 

[ANoobTech]

No it's not, mine is here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\exocadFramework\DentalDB\bin\DentalDB.exe

.exe launches the software

Mine is C:\exocad-3.2-9037\DentalDB\bin\DentalDB.exe, which is why I said usually under the C drive

 

[NoName]

Mine is C:\exocad-3.2-9037\DentalDB\bin\DentalDB.exe, which is why I said usually under the C drive

Sure, newer version might have different folder name, my new version is called Exocad-Dental-CAD or something like that instead of exocadFramework, but the point is the guy who asked the question needs that folder, everything is in there (exocad and scan data)

 

[roju]

Exos has some extra documents (for registered users) available thru their website, maybe from one of them you can find file locations. If not, contact Exos reseller. Hyperdent is unknown to me, but I would assume reseller might be able to help you with locations.

Copying appropriate directories from BOTH "program files" folders (c:\program files\ProgName, c:\program files (x86)\ProgName) is an option: it might be possible to just "write things over" when fresh installation is finished. There is slight chance of "hiccup" in this: file permissions changes. if resinstall uses different user permissions and "overwrite" changes file permissions to "old permissions" then there could be something. But as far as I know, user permissions should be retained "from existing" and/or when copying completelty new stuff to a folder, permissions are usually derived from parent folder permissions.

Then! Some programs might save parts of its (runtime) data to a different location than installation folder: %allusersprofile% and %appdata%. "all user profile" is stuff shared for all users (local or domain logins), appdata is User specific. %APPDATA% is usually reference to c:\users\UserName\AppData folder. %ALLUSERSPROFILE% refers usually to c:\users\all users in win 10, and in win 11 it refers to c:\program data (note: "program data", not program files). Itscommon practice to separate USER installed files (modules, materials etc) so that they do not add extra things to installation folder (thus making backup-restore simpler). I don't know if t exo or hyperdent does things this way.. but dont forget check those locations.

 

[erzdaemon]

i'd try to recover the BSOD 1st, maybe just faulty RAM (e.g. if 2 sticks of ram are inside try booting with only one each, or try rerolling latest windows update in recovery mode)

There's a HEX Errornumber shown in the bluescreen what is it?

 

[MrNeverFixit]

Hello guys,
As the title says, my Windows 10 PC decided to go dark (as in blue-screen-of-death, actually). I can't use it anymore but the files on the drive doesn't look corrupted so I can copy-paste whatever was on it (I was using original ExoCAD 3.0 that was upgraded to 3.1 couple days after the initial release {some said that's some demo/show version but I don't think so since it was fully functional and no, I can't remember the version }).
I've bought a new SSD, installed fresh Windows 10 and our reseller installed ExoCAD and HyperDENT, BUT:
1) installed fresh copy of Exocad (I don't think it's the same one as the previous one because things are looking like on the 3.0 {I'm meaning at the way the files get loaded, the options that are presented during the initial setup and so on}). The label says 3.1 Rijeka 8200. Former ExoCAD had many different "optimisations" (the user interface colors, the material configurations and parameters, etc.)
2) installed fresh Hyperdent (I think I had version 9.2 and now I have 9.3). I used to have personal and modified strategies/templates that were installed by someone that sadly is no longer available so my reseller doesn't have them and I can't say I'm happy with the ones that were installed by default (they are for Roland 52dci milling machine).
It would be really great if someone could tell me where should I go and look over the files that I was using on the "older system" so that I could copy-paste those to be able to have the same profiles/configurations on ExoCAD and to be able to use the same strategies as before with HyperDENT?

I'd appreciate any help/ideea that I can try to get this solved 'cause it's a pita so far!

Thanks in advance!

have you figure it out?

For bsod to recover files. Ultimate Boot CD is the best. Download and boot it from usb drive, ots like a portable windows with many features. And you can just browse or access you files copy amd paste it. Always have this kind of recovery software at hand when things like this happen.

I would copy the particular software folder exocad and hyperdent. Install the same version as the old and replace the folder. Look into c drive program files and program files x86

Or you can always call your reseller on that or call tech support on that for.

 

[Muzz]

In my system, database is in D partition and that is regular HDD, not SSD or similar. Yes it is a litle bit slower when loading data but when HDD broke, it is hard to have situation that you can not read data. In most cases there are problems with bad sectors and you can read most of data on it because its mechanic, not digital like SSD and SSD when die you can not acces to data. A before half year i have a situation that HD on D partition was die and i succes copy data to another HD. Thats my expirience. SSD is briliant for C where is windows and other programs running.

 

[ANoobTech]

In my system, database is in D partition and that is regular HDD, not SSD or similar. Yes it is a litle bit slower when loading data but when HDD broke, it is hard to have situation that you can not read data. In most cases there are problems with bad sectors and you can read most of data on it because its mechanic, not digital like SSD and SSD when die you can not acces to data. A before half year i have a situation that HD on D partition was die and i succes copy data to another HD. Thats my expirience. SSD is briliant for C where is windows and other programs running.

Got two of the same SSDs and run them in RAID 1. Both drives will hold the same data, but if one fails you use the other as a backup.

 

[Muzz]

Got two of the same SSDs and run them in RAID 1. Both drives will hold the same data, but if one fails you use the other as a backup.

I did exactly that after my hdd failure. Just I buy a two same HDD,