excel 'file format is not valid'

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dermot moore

I have an excel file which was retrieved from a computer
running Win 98. This computer crashed and when the file
was retrieved it will not open in any version of excel. I
keep getting the error message 'file format is not valid'.
The file does open in wordpad but this is gobbleygook and
would take ages to get the data reorganised. Can anyone
help? There are no viruses in the file - it just will not
open.
 
You might be able to recover it by using another program--both xl2002 and
OpenOffice have better reputations for opening files that earlier versions of
excel couldn't.

(http://www.openoffice.org, a 60-65 meg download or a CD)

If the file is really important, there are commercial recovery services. I've
never used it, but you might want to check into:
http://www.officerecovery.com
 
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