there is always the chance you can fix it with a hex-editor...

>Hi Victor,
>
>Thanks for your response. It is not what I wanted to hear <g>; but, it is kinda what I expected.
>
>Thanks,
>
>TFISHER
>
>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I had a hard drive go bad. When I went to restore my most recent Windows Backup File -- .bkf file, I received a message that "The backup file contains unrecognized data and cannot be used."
>>>
>>>I have looked on the Internet for .bkf repair programs and found bkfRepair for $399.00.
>>>
>>>Are there other less expensive solutions to recover this Windows Backup File?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>TFISHER
>>
>>I don't know if this is the same problem....but there is this...
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=269826
>>
>>Other than that, the BKFRecovery app you're talking about (2.0 now I think) is the only thing I've heard of that will recover such a file unless you wanna pay an outside company to recover it.