# Opening recovered gsjbd.files **URL:** \ **Category:** Grindstone 4\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186 "2021-10-08T10:05:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![srose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@srose](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/srose)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/1 "2021-10-08T10:05:46Z")
how can I open old files (recovered from hard drive from broken laptop) on my new pc? I’ve downloaded the grindstone app again but not sure what (if anything) I can do next ---
**Author:** ![daniel.henry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discuss.epiforge.com/daniel.henry/32/28_2.png) [@daniel.henry](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/daniel.henry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/2 "2021-12-01T16:05:41Z")
Copy the files from the backup and open them in Grindstone. ---
**Author:** ![srose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@srose](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/srose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/3 "2021-12-01T16:19:36Z")
If I do Open With - where would I find the Grindstone App downloaded on my laptop? ---
**Author:** ![srose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@srose](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/srose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/4 "2021-12-01T16:20:59Z")
![image.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/epiforge/original/1X/8528615bb60a1cbe7320a70a1374e5f3c4898245.png) this is what it looks like - does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![daniel.henry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discuss.epiforge.com/daniel.henry/32/28_2.png) [@daniel.henry](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/daniel.henry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/5 "2021-12-01T16:24:40Z")
Do it from the Grindstone side rather than from Windows Explorer: 1. open Grindstone 2. click the **Grindstone** menu 3. select **Change Database** 4. click **Open an already existing database** 5. click **Show a browse button that selects the path to the database** 6. click **Browse** … 7. find and select the database file you want to open in the **Open Database** dialog 8. click **Open** 9. click **Click Here to Confirm All of the Above** ---
**Author:** ![srose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@srose](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/srose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/6 "2021-12-01T21:14:53Z")
THANK YOU!!! after hours of work trying to do it myself and find help online, it was as simple as that… ---
**Author:** ![daniel.henry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discuss.epiforge.com/daniel.henry/32/28_2.png) [@daniel.henry](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/daniel.henry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/7 "2021-12-01T21:17:00Z")
Well then, I must apologize to you for making you wait so long! ---
**Author:** ![srose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@srose](https://discuss.epiforge.com/u/srose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://discuss.epiforge.com/t/opening-recovered-gsjbd-files/186/8 "2021-12-01T21:44:52Z")
I don’t know if you saw that, but I even did some detective work online to find a direct email address for yourself. I thought the Epiforge community was no longer functioning since the last posts seemed to have been months ago. Anyway, thanks again for your help here.