For example, if the original data file was TXT and it was renamed or copied to a BAK file with a purpose of a backup you will need to change it extension back to TXT before you can open it. In order to open it you will need to find out which application created it and change BAK file extension to an extension which was used before information was backed up. Usually it is not possible to open BAK file in Windows or Mac OS just by double clicking on it. Typically, auto save happens after relatively short period of time to prevent significant data loss. This way even if there is a crash during a save process it will still be possible for application to restore a previous version with minimal data loss. When application saves recent changes to a data to a storage device it renames older version of the file to a file with a BAK extension to make sure that if application crashes during saving process the information is still intact. Typical way how BAK file is produced is with auto save procedure. BAK files could be produced by different applications and could range from a single file backup to a whole disk or a database backup. BAK file extension is typically used for various types of backup files or reserved copy files.
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