Please note that this is a payable service since 1st April 2021. More information can be found here.
These are the options in order to recover ETS projects from a crashed ETS computer and for which no (recent) backup has been made:
Data from the crashed computer can be recovered
Try in this case the following options depending on the ETS version:
ETS6
1. Zip the 'ProjectStore' folder.
Default location: C:\ProgramData\KNX\ETS6\ProjectStore.
2. Attach this zip file in your report about the issue.
3. Indicate the name of the project(s) (and the project password if any) to be recovered in the report.
If the zip file is bigger than 20MB please use a file transfer service like www.WeTransfer.com or www.Dropbox.com and include the link in your report.
Please note:
It is not possible to define a previous 'ProjectStore' folder as the new project store, i.e. it is not possible to bypass the import procedure. See here.
ETS5
1. Zip the 'ProjectStore' folder.
Default location: C:\ProgramData\KNX\ETS5\ProjectStore.
2. Attach this zip file in your report about the issue.
3. Indicate the name of the project(s) (and the project password if any) to be recovered in the report.
If the zip file is bigger than 20MB please use a file transfer service like www.WeTransfer.com or www.Dropbox.com and include the link in your report.
Please note:
It is not possible to define a previous 'ProjectStore' folder as the new project store, i.e. it is not possible to bypass the import procedure. See here.
ETS4
Look for the database (*.mdf) or the database backup file (*.bak) and use the ETS Project Exporter Tool in order to export projects in the ETS4 project format (*.knxproj). In case of problems, forward the database file or the database backup file to KNX Association indicating the project(s) names.
Default database location: C:\ProgramData\KNX\ETS4\v4.0\Databases
If the zip file is bigger than 20MB please use a file transfer service like www.WeTransfer.com or www.Dropbox.com and include the link in your report.
ETS2 or ETS3
Look for the database (*.db) and use the ETS Project Exporter Tool in order to export projects in the ETS4 project format (*.knxproj). In case of problems, forward the database file to KNX Association indicating the project(s) names.
Default ETS2 database location: C:\Program Files\ETS2V13
Default ETS3 database location: C:\Program Files\Ets\Database
If the zip file is bigger than 20MB please use a file transfer service like www.WeTransfer.com or www.Dropbox.com and include the link in your report.
Data from the crashed computer cannot be recovered
See here.