Help recovering corrupt file

[Mark Christensen]

I've got a corrupt Excel file. I've tried a few programs I found online.
Most couldn't do anything, but a couple were somewhat able to recover the
file, but in each cell it said 'lost string.' I don't know what this means.
Is there any hope of recovering this file? I'm not sure how it got damaged
in the first place. Thanks.

Mark

 

[Dave Peterson]

You may want to try openoffice. Lots of people have said that it's recovered
workbooks (including the project) that excel couldn't.

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

 

[Mark Christensen]

That didn't work. Any other ideas?

You may want to try openoffice. Lots of people have said that it's
recovered
workbooks (including the project) that excel couldn't.

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

 

[Dave Peterson]

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

 

[Mark Christensen]

I downloaded the demo and it opened the file but the data is missing. Each
cell says #lost label instead of the actual data. During the recovery, it
stated the "ole document structure broken." Does this mean I am completely
doomed?

 

[Dave Peterson]

I don't know. Maybe you can ask someone at that site.

Can you find another pc with a different version of excel? Sometimes different
versions behave differently.

Other than that, maybe searching google for other recovery services would be
worthwhile.

I downloaded the demo and it opened the file but the data is missing. Each
cell says #lost label instead of the actual data. During the recovery, it
stated the "ole document structure broken." Does this mean I am completely
doomed?