excel corrupt file

[fentiger79]

hi my pc had to be factory reset and i lost everything. i managed to recover a file using recuva but when i open the excel file it looks like nonsense.

Anyone help me with how to fix it?

[romperstomper]

Assuming you restored all the software and are viewing the file in Excel then either the file is corrupt or perhaps the file extension is incorrect for some reason (or it's not actually an excel file)
Can you post the file? If not, can you post a screenshot of what you see in excel when you open it?

[vlady]

there are downloadable free fix excel files available....
also excel has a built-in
Open Excel
a. click file-open-
in the open window the button "OPEN button"has menu, choose open and repair.

[fentiger79]

have tried all that. will try and get the file up later. really need help with this.

[fentiger79]

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[romperstomper]

Did you have this file on an encrypted disk?

[fentiger79]

not sure. i dont think so. it was just saved on my hard drive. managed to get it via recuva. but am gonna try again see if i can find it with a different name

[romperstomper]

As a matter of interest, why did you need a factory reset?
The file you have has a lot of null bytes at the start of it which is unusual and none of it looks like an Excel file to me.

[steve.smith]

File looks like corrupt, as you said that Open & Repair is unable to fix. At this stage I would recommend you a third party Excel repair software offered by Stellar Phoenix. It is a paid software and repairs corrupt Excel files (.xls & .xlsx).

Note: Before going to buy any software, first install the trial version & see the preview of your data.

[romperstomper]

Do you by any chance work for Stellar? Of your three posts, two have been about that software...

[fentiger79]

the electric switched off and then my pc wouldnt start up properly. it said files were missing and it needed a restore.

[steve.smith]

No, I have no relation with the Stellar Phoenix. Sometime back I had a corrupt xls file and that file was so important for me. I had tried several methods to repair my file like 'open & repair', 'MS office repair', 'Transfer to other location', and many more suggested by experts but my hard luck none of the method work for me. At last I had decided to use a third party repair software and tried Stellar Phoenix. So whenever I got a chance to recommend a Excel repair software then I suggest Stellar Phoenix.

[rodyroon]

Dear Friend,

You can try any third party data recovery software to recover your corrupted excel file there are so may software which can help you to find your data one of them is Kernel Recovery for Excel you can try it it's really work i have experience with this software to recover my excel file.

[cross_me]

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Hey fentiger79,
Let me do this, Oh my god.
I have just viewed your file, it is just unreadable or may be the text part inside the file has written in some strange symbolic language. Just teasing, that file is surely corrupted. Not from some parts, it is corrupted as a whole. I tried to import the objects but couldn't do so. I'm in doubt that may be you are left with only one option. Get a file recovery software for MS Excel as soon as possible.
Good luck.

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Hey.... yeah one more thing. I can recommend you this MS Excel File Recovery as my sister has used it couple of times. According to her it can easily solve the excel file corruption. [I could repair this corrupt file for you, but my sister doesn't allow me touch her laptop. If this application were mine I do surely repair that corrupt file of yours.] But if you wish you can try it too. Get its demo version first and check it at free of cost.

[cross_me]

No, don't use it. It will be useless. It only supports .xlsx file format. Sorry, you need to look something else.
Good luck in your searching...

[cross_me]

Hey thanks a million! This is really nice. I tried its demo and decided to get its license now. Thank you for your recommendation.

No need to say thanks. I just recommended it as I've about it. You should thank to them.
Anyways, thanks for letting me know.