Repair Tips For Damaged Files

Posted by Guest on Nov 25, 2011 in Featured, File Repair | 0 comments

Have you ever experienced opening an important Word file document only to find out that it got corrupted? Frustrating isn’t it? I have encountered these many times and I tell you it doesn’t get any better, especially if the file you wish to open is something you really need. The file may have been corrupted but that doesn’t mean you have totally lost the data. What I am trying to say is, it is possible to recover the corrupted document file. There is still a way to salvage those precious data. So before resigning to the fact that the file is totally lost, you should try the following steps first and who knows you might get a lucky break and successfully recover the document containing the critical information that you really need.

Do not automatically assume that a document file has been corrupted. When you access a document file and it does not open, the biggest mistake you will ever make is to assume that it is corrupt. Who knows, the problem might not be the file but Word or Windows. So, before restoring a backup or repairing the damaged file, you should first try opening other stored documents in your computer. You can also copy the ‘corrupt file’ to your flash drive and open it on another computer. There is still a chance that there is nothing wrong with the file you wish to access so before you do anything that you will regret later, try out the said tips first and you might be surprised with the results.

Turn to the aid of CHKDSK. Another way to repair a corrupted document file is to run CHKDSK on the volume where the corrupted file is saved. It is possible that a corruption at a file system level may have caused the problem. And if this is the case, then CHKDSK may be able to provide a remedy. CHKDSK also allows you to test the file system’s integrity to determine if the problem lies at the file system or the document you wish to open.

Export the damaged file. If you are able to open the file in Word, then try saving it in another document format. Use TXT or RTF as the extension filename. Doing so will cause the codes from Word to be stripped and will likely solve the problem.

There are actually a lot of great ways to repair a damaged document file. You can utilize the ‘open and repair’ option, use a text converter, extract the text from Word, or make use of a file recovery program. Just make sure you know what you are doing to avoid completely losing your chance of repairing the corrupted file document.