.bak file will not load

Getting Stuff Done How do I .... ?
#1

Hi, new here and really like the DAW. I’m working on four new songs and three of them are going great.
Somehow, I saved the fourth session to a different disc location and received an error trying to load the session file.
I followed the information in the forum to change the .bak files to replace the original session and history files, but it still does not work.

I received this error now:

Something went seriously wrong. Ardour cannot continue.
Here are a few hints at what might be wrong:
ERROR: Cannot get existing session information from E:\Lost in the Neon Graveyard\Lost in the Neon Graveyard.ardour
ERROR: XML error: Premature end of data in tag chunk line 10450 in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10450:7680
ERROR: XML error: Permission denied

Can anyone help?
I would like not to have to start over with the raw tracks as I had a bunch of unsaved editing time in so far.
Thanks!
(Running windows 10pro on an old lenovo laptop)

#2

What does the end of the XML file look like? You can open the .ardour file in a text editor (like Notepad) and paste the last few lines here in a code block.

#3

Errors like this general arise from system-level problems with writing and reading files on disk. Unfortunately.

Are you using OneDrive for your E: drive?

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#4

After receiving read/write errors on the source disc, I moved the folders to another drive and tried again.
This error is bigger. :rofl:

Something went seriously wrong. Ardour cannot continue.

Here are a few hints at what might be wrong:

ERROR: Cannot get existing session information from E:\Lost in the Neon Graveyard\Lost in the Neon Graveyard.ardour
ERROR: XML error: Premature end of data in tag Route line 10204 in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
ERROR: XML error: Couldn’t find end of Start Tag MuteMaster line 10223 in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
ERROR: XML error: attributes construct error in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
ERROR: XML error: Specification mandates value for attribute mute-p in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
ERROR: XML error: Char 0x0 out of allowed range in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
ERROR: XML error: Char 0x0 out of allowed range in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
ERROR: Cannot get existing session information from E:\Lost in the Neon Graveyard\Lost in the Neon Graveyard.ardour
ERROR: XML error: Premature end of data in tag Route line 10204 in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
ERROR: XML error: Couldn’t find end of Start Tag MuteMaster line 10223 in file:/E:/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard/Lost%20in%20the%20Neon%20Graveyard.ardour at line 10223:25
…

#5

I’m not using OneDrive. I had moved the folders/files from an internal drive to a usb to get them off of the full drive where I accidentally saved this session.

#6

The beginning text references xml, but there is a tremendous amount of text that follows. I am not sure which blocks you would want copied and I definitely don’t want to copy the whole thing into the chat.

#7

99.78% certain that these error are not caused by Ardour. There’s something not right about your access to or the status of the E: drive

#8

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#9

Yeah, I figured the error is in the file or drive, not Ardour. I was hoping someone in here might know how to fix it before starting over with editing the session.