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How to recover corrupted worlds

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Dr_Steve's Avatar Dr_Steve
Level 43 : Master Creeper
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You will have to access AppData\.minecraft\saves and find the folder of the corrupted world and make  a copy of that in a new folder. Then, start Minecraft, create a new world, then save and close Minecraft. Then, cut the files:

level.dat
level.dat_old
level.dat_mcr
session.lock

and replace the ones in the copy of the corrupted world save file you made. Then, restart Minecrat and rename the world "back" to what the actual corrupted world was named, but your inventory and some information about mods will be lost, but it can be restored with an NBT editor by copying the content of the root node from the file user.dat , note that user to be substituted with your IGN, to the node "Player" in level.dat
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09/29/2015 11:00 pm
Level 5 : Apprentice Architect
lionheart73
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What if I deleted the world right away after it was corrupted? Will it be impossible to fix? Because my world corruption isn't letting me play on 1.7 or lower versions or they would crash! Btw I have a mac!
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09/30/2015 8:56 pm
Level 43 : Master Creeper
Dr_Steve
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Provided you said you deleted the world, you may be able to recover the file(s) with a file recovery program. Here is some more info on what happens when you delete a file from the hard drive.
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06/18/2015 1:03 pm
Level 23 : Expert Fish
Tornado Shark
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Will this work for the "Illegal Stance" error?
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