Recovering data from corrupt excel file

[suyog_linux]

Hi All,

I had a excel file. While I was working on that the power went off
suddenly. When the machine booted again i tried to open the file but
the office gave me an error saying that the File is Corrupt and I need
to repair the same.

I did the same using Microsoft Office Wizard. But now I could see some
data from the file is missing.

Is there any way through which I can recover the whole data from the
file.


Thanks,
Suyog

 

[Dave Peterson]

Sometimes earlier versions of excel can read files that later versions can't.
Sometimes (more usual) the later versions can handle stuff that the earlier
versions can't.

If it is a corrupted workbook, 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)

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