# load\_dataset("Open-Orca/OpenOrca") ArrowInvalid: Parquet magic bytes not found in footer. Either the file is corrupted or this is not a parquet file

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/load-dataset-open-orca-openorca-arrowinvalid-parquet-magic-bytes-not-found-in-footer-either-the-file-is-corrupted-or-this-is-not-a-parquet-file/50419>\
**Category:** 🤗Datasets\
**Created:** [August 11, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/load-dataset-open-orca-openorca-arrowinvalid-parquet-magic-bytes-not-found-in-footer-either-the-file-is-corrupted-or-this-is-not-a-parquet-file/50419 "2023-08-11T11:46:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![cssupport](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@cssupport](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/cssupport)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/load-dataset-open-orca-openorca-arrowinvalid-parquet-magic-bytes-not-found-in-footer-either-the-file-is-corrupted-or-this-is-not-a-parquet-file/50419/1 "2023-08-11T11:46:06Z")

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Trying to load con\_dataset = load\_dataset(“Open-Orca/OpenOrca”) and get this error on paperspace gradient notebook “ArrowInvalid: Parquet magic bytes not found in footer. Either the file is corrupted or this is not a parquet file.”

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**Author:** ![mariosasko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/mariosasko/32/31548_2.png) [@mariosasko](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/mariosasko)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/load-dataset-open-orca-openorca-arrowinvalid-parquet-magic-bytes-not-found-in-footer-either-the-file-is-corrupted-or-this-is-not-a-parquet-file/50419/2 "2023-08-16T13:43:39Z")

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Link to a Discord thread with the solution.