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March 26th, 2010, 12:41 AM
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Cannot open file because it is corrupt
Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the data?
Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to lose it all..... 
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March 26th, 2010, 12:53 AM
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Cannot open file because it is corrupt
Hi sbr4tdy,
What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you have backups - if not, why not? -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the data? Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to lose it all.....
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March 26th, 2010, 03:55 AM
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Cannot open file because it is corrupt
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usb stick my son saved it "macropod" wrote: Hi sbr4tdy, What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you have backups - if not, why not? -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the data? Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to lose it all..... .
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March 26th, 2010, 06:09 AM
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Cannot open file because it is corrupt
This is why we recommend never saving directly to removable media. Always
save to the hard drive and COPY to the removable media - there's a macro to facilitate that at http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm  .Can you copy the file to your hard drive? If not you *may* be able to recover the file with file recovery software. If you can see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... .docx usb stick my son saved it "macropod" wrote: Hi sbr4tdy, What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you have backups - if not, why not? -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the data? Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to lose it all..... .
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March 26th, 2010, 07:25 AM
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Cannot open file because it is corrupt
Just in case you need to go down the File Recovery process - don't change *anything* on the USB stick - especially don't add any
files to it or change any others on it. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... This is why we recommend never saving directly to removable media. Always save to the hard drive and COPY to the removable media - there's a macro to facilitate that at http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm .Can you copy the file to your hard drive? If not you *may* be able to recover the file with file recovery software. If you can see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... .docx usb stick my son saved it "macropod" wrote: Hi sbr4tdy, What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you have backups - if not, why not? -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the data? Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to lose it all..... .
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#6
March 26th, 2010, 09:38 AM
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Cannot open file because it is corrupt
More and more often there are problems with corrupt files on USB sticks -
and they are very difficult, if not impossible, to recover. Corrupt zip files (which is what .docx fles are under the covers) have little or no salvageable content. The reasons for this are very different from what they used to be and, whilst it is still not a good idea to save direct to removable media, it is also very important that USB sticks are 'safely removed'. People, especially young people, seem to think they can just plug and unplug these things without problem - maybe that should be the case, but, sadly, it isn't. If you don't have a backup, you are probably out of luck. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... .docx usb stick my son saved it "macropod" wrote: Hi sbr4tdy, What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you have backups - if not, why not? -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the data? Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to lose it all..... .
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#7
March 26th, 2010, 10:29 AM
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Cannot open file because it is corrupt
Hi Tony,
It might still be possible to recover the content from one of Word's deleted tmp files. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com wrote in message ... More and more often there are problems with corrupt files on USB sticks - and they are very difficult, if not impossible, to recover. Corrupt zip files (which is what .docx fles are under the covers) have little or no salvageable content. The reasons for this are very different from what they used to be and, whilst it is still not a good idea to save direct to removable media, it is also very important that USB sticks are 'safely removed'. People, especially young people, seem to think they can just plug and unplug these things without problem - maybe that should be the case, but, sadly, it isn't. If you don't have a backup, you are probably out of luck. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... .docx usb stick my son saved it "macropod" wrote: Hi sbr4tdy, What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you have backups - if not, why not? -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "sbr4tdy" wrote in message ... Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the data? Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to lose it all..... .
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