Have you try ogr2ogr every Shapefile <http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2012/12/07/ogr2ogr-every-shapefile/> ? This allows me to restore some shapefiles with problems -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/BIG-QGIS-problem-tp5210808p5210823.html Sent from the Grass - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.