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Step by Step Procedures
for Recovering Excel Data
Believe it or not there are 4 separate ones here. The steps try to be comprehensive and include some references to the commercial recovery software available.
Download URL - steps for recovering a file
Developer - Microsoft
OS - All Windows Versions
File Size - Not Applicable (Online Guide)
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - MS Office Excel 2002/2003
Developer Provided Description -
Comment - Microsoft does a nice job of describing some tricks you can try.
Download URL - My steps to recover an Developer - Paul Pruitt
OS - Windows File Size - Not Applicable (Online Guide)
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - All Excel Versions
Developer Provided Description -
Comment - Scroll down past Microsoft's steps if you have already seen them by clicking above.
Download URL - How to restore [an Excel] file ??
Developer - Norman Harker
OS - Windows File Size - Not Applicable (Online Guide)
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - All Excel Versions
Developer Provided Description - "Since I seem to spend half my (official) working time uncorrupting files, here's resource post on recovery of corrupted files. I've checked out all the links referred to. Additional comments and suggested additions are welcome. Some of the most frantic and desperate posts come for this and they are frequently in tears of happiness when they get a solution. Comment - Similar to my steps. Download URL - http://skp.mvps.org/wrd00015.htm
Developer - Shyam Pillai
OS - Windows File Size - Not Applicable (Online Guide)
Supported Software Versions or File Systems - ?
Developer Provided Description - "A friend once sent me a mail which had the following signature: "Millions of years ago a meteor crashed into earth and destroyed all dinosaur life. So keep saving your work. You never know when it might hit next!" Comment - I think this is turned on by default in at least Excel 2002 and 2003.
unopenable or corrupt Excel spreadsheet.
These points cover corrupted files. Don't confuse these with problems with slow opening, processing or closing of Excel or with Excel crashing out with a particular file. They are usually different issues. Here we cover a case where Excel is normally singing sweetly but with one file we get all sorts of rude messages and just can't open it."
Name - Recover An Unsaved Document When Word Crashes
It might seem a silly humorous statement but ask anyone who has lost work because of the computer hanging up on him/her. 'Save your work every once in a while' is an oft repeated phrase. However if you are one of those brave souls who believe in saving only at the end of the job then you are in deep trouble when Word crashes/hangs. Yet, you may be able to recover it or at least some part of it."
