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Open Office - OpenOffice.org is both an open-source application and project. It is free. The product is a multi-platform office productivity suite fully compatible with all major file formats. The first trick I learned for corrupt file recovery is to try to open say a Microsoft Word file in the corresponding Open Office program and in other Office suites.
602 Office Suite - 602PC SUITE, the best alternative to MS OFFICE, has it all! The suite is composed of four full-featured applications: a word processor, spreadsheet, photo editor and photo organizer. For only $59.95, license 602PC SUITE on three (3) computers in your organization and save! The license also allows home use, FREE! You can try to open corrupt Office Files here too.
EasyOffice Free Version - Our philosophy: Provide the individual user community with a free, decent, alternative office suite. Support software development by asking business users as well as individuals who would like to use additional features, to purchase a User ID at a very modest cost. This version of EasyOffice is completely functional for basic tasks, and has no time limitations or other such limitations. There is a polite start-up licensing screen, as well as small indication on the top toolbar that this is a Freeware version. Otherwise, this version will function quite well. This version includes multilingual installations, PDF file creation and editing, EasyWord, EasySpreadsheet, EasyContactManager, EasyPresentation, EasyBookkeeper, EasyHelper, EasyBackup, EasyCalculator, EasyDatabase, EasyCalendar, EasyZip, EasySpeller and EasySpeller. A third free Office Suite to try to open corrupt Office files.
Excel 97/2000 Viewer: Spreadsheet Files - Microsoft Excel Viewer is a small, freely distributable program that lets users view and print Excel for Windows (versions 2.0 and greater) and Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh (versions 2.2a and greater) spreadsheet files. As above except with Excel.
Links to all of Microsoft's methods for recovering data from Excel sheets of all versions.
Microsoft Excel 97 File Recovery Macro - If you can open the worKBook in Microsoft Excel 97, you can use the Microsoft Excel 97 File Recovery Macro to re-create Excel worksheets, XLM macro sheets, and module sheets in a new worKBook. This macro also creates a log file so that you can identify items that cause problems when you use the macro to transfer them to the new worksheet. If the Microsoft Excel 97 File Recovery Macro fails, view the last entry in the log file to determine which item causes the problem, and then re-create the worKBook without that item.
BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
TextExtract. - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
PowerPoint Viewer 97 for PowerPoint 97, 2000, and 2002 Users - With this release, the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97 supports PowerPoint 95, 97 and certain aspects of PowerPoint 2000 and 2002 files. This viewer allows people who use PowerPoint to share their presentations with people who do not have PowerPoint installed on their computers. As above with PowerPoint files.
BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
TextExtract. - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
Jetcomp - The Jet compact utility, JETCOMP.exe, is a stand-alone utility that compacts databases created with Microsoft Jet database engine 3.x and 4.x. This utility may be run in conjunction with Microsoft Jet database engine 3.x and 4.x for recovering corrupted databases. Although you can run the Microsoft Access Compact utility or the CompactDatabase method with Microsoft Jet database engine 3.x and 4.x, Jetcomp.exe may be able to recover some databases that these utilities cannot. The reason for this is that the Microsoft Access Compact utility and the CompactDatabase method attempt to open and close a database before attempting to compact it. In certain cases where these utilities may not be able to reopen the database, Compact will be unable to proceed, preventing recovery of the database. JETCOMP.exe does not attempt to open and close the database before compacting, and may therefore be able to recover some databases that the Microsoft Access compact utility and the CompactDatabase method cannot. Please backup your database before trying any repairs yourself. Download JETCOMP.exe now.
MDB_Repair - This software is meant to restore corrupted MS Access databases. After have been run, it attempts to extract all integral information. All the information that had escaped destruction, is stored inside a new database. The software is to be used the following way: Run "runner.exe" executable, and click the "Run" button. "MDB_Repair.exe" program will start. From "MDB_Repair", open the database and click the "Repair" button. First, the program attempts to Compress the database. If this attempt ends successfully, the database is considered as a non-corrupted one. Otherwise, all the database records are scanned. If the program meets a corrupted record, it restarts in background mode. After have completed the job, the program shows "Done" message, after which it is necessary to click "Stop" button from the "Runner" program. The program work time is approximately equal to 1 hour per 50 MB of the database size. (using Celeron 1.1 GHz, 128 MB under Windows 2000 Server). It is necessary to have dao360.dll (2.4 Mb) library installed.
MDB Decompiler - MDB Decompiler is a simple tool used to decompile a Microsoft Access mdb file (A97 or A2000). Typically, an Access database grows over time due to updates, deletes, and additions. With updates and deletes, data is discarded but not removed. Typically, a compact database operation will remove cleanup and remove this extraneous data. However, does the same thing occur with forms, reports, and modules? The answer is yes, and the cleanup fix (force binary decompile back to just active objects) is to run the undocumented Access /Decompile switch. "/DECOMPILE" is an undocumented Microsoft Access feature, so they suggest that you use it with care. Because the /decompile switch is undocumented, it has some inherent risk. To mitigate that risk, backups are made of the original database, and the .mdb is replaced with .001, .002, .003 and so on up to .999. It is up to you to clean these files out as needed. I think the 2000 version works with Access 2002 and 2003. I've seen this recover corrupt databases.
MDB DeCryptor v1.1 - This small utility is intended for decrypting databases created by MS Access 95/97/2000. This can be useful if the encrypted database has been damaged and can't be restored by authorized tools and it is necessary to get the contents of the database's file decrypted for further recovering.
MDE forms/reports extractor v 2.1 - MS Access 2000 add-in. This utility is designed to allow you to extract the forms, reports and macros from mde file to mdb (without the form/report class module code). If you have the unfortunate situation of wanting to modify your MDE and your MDB is gone, this gives you a running start. This Romanian guy is awesome. See the rest of his utilities on this page. Might also work for 2002 and 2003 MDEs..don't know.
mde2mdbNovo - Access 97 MDE converter
which may be a port of the Romanian extractor above.
MDBRepair Tool - Microsoft Access databases can become corrupt to the point that a standard repair or compact will not fix the problem. MDB files this badly damaged can only be fixed with a compact-repair-compact cycle. Some MDB files may be even worse, to the point that they will continually re-corrupt unless you rebuild all objects by exporting them all into a blank database, finishing with another compact. MDB Repair Tool automates this repair process for you on otherwise unrecoverable MDB files. It will perform the standard (and mandatory) C-R-C pass (compact-repair-compact); and then if selected it will Rebuild the MDB file. All objects, including tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, modules, relationships, import/export specs, and menu bars are exported to the new blank .mdb file. The tool also makes consecutive backups of the original mdb, starting with an extension of 001. So an original database named "MyDB.mdb" will be backed up to "MyDB.001", and the new "MyDB.mdb" will be compacted, repaired, compacted, and if you choose, it will also be completely rebuilt, object-by-object. Only for Access 97. repair1.zip - "MS Access 2.0: Repair & backup utility" BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
TextExtract - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
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DBXtract - OE5 and OE6 have a proprietary binary format that makes archiving individual messages difficult. In addition, a number of people have indicated that their message folders have become corrupted and OE can not read them. Consequently, they have lost all the messages in that folder. DBXtract.exe extracts all mail and news messages from individual dbx files. After extracting the messages one can drag them from a Windows Explorer folder into an Outlook Express mail folder. It is a 68 Kbytes program and can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE. It requires the existence of the VB6 runtime dll, msvbvm60.dll. If you do not have that in your Windows\system (or system32 for NT / 2000) directory, you can download it directly from Microsoft, by CLICKING HERE . The program runs in Windows 9X, WinMe, nt, Windows 2000, and Windowsxp. After installing the VB6 runtime files, you can then run DBXtract.exe.
MBXtract - For OE4 mail message files - OE4 mail messages are stored in files with MBx extensions. If one saves only the MBx files from OE4, then one cannot import these messages into OE5. Since releasing DBXtract, the program to extract messages from OE5 dbx files, a number have requested a similar program for MBx files from OE4. MBXtract.exe extracts all mail and news messages from individual MBx files. It is a 44 Kbyte program and can be downloaded by CLICKING HERE. It requires the existence of the VB6 runtime dll, msvbvm60.dll. If you do not have that in your Windows\system (or system32 for nt) directory, you can download it directly from Microsoft, by CLICKING HERE . After installing the VB6 runtime dlls to your system directory you can then run MBXtract.exe. The layout for the MBXtract program is the same as for the DBXtract program.
BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else. TextExtract. - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else. ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
WordPerfect Document (and WordPerfect WPLOOK - If you already know about the WPLOOK utility, it was most likely recommended for recovering a corrupted document. There is a Repair option that can (hopefully) repair corruption, remove Undo information and remove unused styles. To repair a document, open the WPLOOK utility (see Figure 1). Choose File, Open so you can select the corrupted file. At this point, you may get a reminder that you can select multiple files and have WPLOOK run a corruption check and/or repair the entire group of files. The details can be saved to a log file if necessary. If you don't see this message, someone must have turned it off already. You can turn it off by checking the Don't Show Me This Message Again! check box. Comprehensive article with download link for WPLOOK which can recover corrupt WordPerfect files. Apparently Version 10 in 2002 is the latest version in which the program has been split from the developers kit. The developers kit is available for version 11. I'd expect the WPLOOK from Version 10 should work on version 12 files.
wp8rest - Corel released this utility to repair damaged password-protected files, but it turned out to be a good fix for all sorts of corrupted files. It works on files from WPWin6x and newer releases. Not my comment. See here. BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else. TextExtract - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else. ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
BackFour - Richard Warr developed the BackFour WK4 file recovery program back in 1996. The software is able to overcome most problems encountered with corrupt WK4 files by converting them back to the simpler WK3 format. BackFour was successful as a shareware product and we're pleased to say that the fully-functional registered version is now available free of charge. A lot of people have asked if I have anything that will fix corruption in .123 files used by the most recent versions of 1-2-3. Sadly the answer is "no" at the moment as I am unable to get hold of the correct file format from Lotus. If I can in the future, then hopefully a utility will be forthcoming.
Bytefix - The BYTEFIX utility is designed to address a situation in which 123 Release 5 for Windows (123W) is unable to open certain corrupted .WK4 files. Under a particular set of circumstances, which are unrelated to the operation of 123W, data files of different types are corrupted when extra bytes (characters) are appended to the end of the file. 123W is unable to read a .WK4 file that has been corrupted in this fashion; consequently, the program generates an "Error Reading File" message. BYTEFIX is designed specifically for those .WK4 files that have been corrupted by the additional bytes appended to the end of the file. Important : BYTEFIX does not correct 123W files which generate the "Error Reading File" message but have been corrupted by other circumstances (such as disk-write caching, magnets, incompatible network software and so forth).
FIXWK4 - In January of 1994 reports appeared in the press saying that users of 1-2-3 were experiencing file problems. Issues like this are not widespread but when they do occur are most often are not caused by 1-2-3. File problems can result from magnets, disk write caching, certain network software, etc. Lotus has tracked these issues and found in a very few cases 1-2-3 is inadvertently saving files which cause a General Protection Fault (GPF) when the files are opened. The enclosed utility (FIXWK4.EXE) can be used to correct problems with files that are causing GPF's if the problem was caused by this one issue that has been identified by Lotus. All the data in the file should be intact. The blurb here is from the readme file. The actual program should be available from IBM. Write me if you can't get it and I'll send it to you. BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else. TextExtract - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
Corel Paradox Paradox Database File Repair Utilities - Web page has links to at least three free Paradox File repair utilities two of which are below. There may be others. Search Google.
SWBPdxRegen - SWBPdxRegen allows you to give your customers a way to regenerate indexes for Paradox tables where the indexes have been deleted, or damaged beyond repair.
Pdxrbld - Pdxrbld (Ver 4.41b) : (Updated July-19-2001) Pdxrbld is an utility for checking and repairing Paradox tables. The code depends mostly on using TUTILITY (INPRISE). As an extension, Pdxrbld fixes two additional error types that TUTILITY either does not detect or leaves unfixed - namely infamous "VAL file out of date" error that prevents the table from being opened and "corrupted autoincrement generator" error. The corrupted autoincrement generator manifests itself as key violation in case new record is being added to the table with unique key on autoincrement field. Pdxrbld handles tables protected with master password, includes option to pack tables and supports header borrow and orphans detection/removal features. Supported Paradox versions are those above 4 inclusive (does not work with Paradox 3.5 and less). 16-bit version does not work with Paradox table levels above 7 inclusive. See Readme file for additional information. The source presented can be compiled by all Delphi versions.
BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else. TextExtract - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
TITANIC - This small program can save our data from damaged disk DBF file. Any disturbance in power outlet or switching PC off in the inappropriate time can damage our files. DBF files used by XBase, Clipper Fox Pro or FORCE are sensitive to changes in file header. After a unnecessary change of one byte in header is this file no more accessible by our programs. The idea of program is to copy correct header from sample file and recover all data in damaged file. Sample file can be empty or you can create a new empty file for this purpose. * TITANIC is 100% successful in the case of damaged header. * TITANIC can recover a maximum from your data even if there are "shifted disk block". * TITANIC is a small program suitable for diskette and therefore easy transportable, no install. * TITANIC is available in English, Slovak and Czech language version. * TITANIC has in download package test files and manual.
BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
TextExtract. - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface.This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
Jpeg-repair - if you have computer induced artifacts on your jpgs this rare and difficult to use program maybe for you. Originally a Dutch program, the instructions are perhaps imperfectly translated into English.
Flobo PSD Recovery - is a UNIQUE FREE application that performs recovery of PSD Photoshop file format to new jpg files. If your graphic files needed for your web site or graphic designed are corrupted this is the right solution.
ZefrJPG - Demand continues for this widely used tool, which recovers JPG images after they have been lost to a LoveLetter worm attack (or any other reason). Archive now includes an NTFS version along with the FAT version. Millions (by now perhaps billions) of files have been successfully recovered by ZefrJPG over the years.
Zip Repair - A free utility that will repair corrupt Zip files. "Zip Repair" creates an error free backup of your original file for instant access.
PicoZip Recovery Tool - PicoZip Recovery Tool is an easy-to-use program that can help you recover lost or forgotten passwords from password protected Zip files created by compression utilities like PicoZip, WinZip, PKZip, etc. Features: Simple and intuitive user interface. Supports Zip archives and self-extracting Zip archives. Provides Brute Force and Dictionary recovery methods. Can pause and resume recovery job.
The gzip Recovery Toolkit - I had a jaz drive cartridge sector go bad on me, corrupting my most recent backup during an OS upgrade. Thus was born this small project, which automates the recovery of files and data out of corrupted gzip and tar files. This was a lifesaver to say the least. Java version available.
Self-Extractor Archive Recovery - SEA is a free utility that lets you repair self-extracting ZIP files created by Winzip. It rebuilds a file's header if it were damaged by a virus or download corruption. The process is fully automatic and returns a message indicating the level of success achieved. Tested with WinZip Self-Extractor Personal Edition (1285) and WinZip Self-Extractor 2.1.
Self-Extractor Archive Recovery [2] - Do you have a self-extractor archive created by WinZip Self-Extractor which is when you trying to run it - says you: "WinZip Self-Extractor header corrupt. Possible cause: bad disk or the file transfer error". Try to use SEA Recovery, it may help you.
CHK File Recovery Freeware unchk.zip and FileCHK.zip - So what is a CHK file? Well, any time a program or Windows crashes, any files that were open are not closed properly. Part of closing is writing all the file location information in all the right places. Without this info, Windows can't find all the parts of the file. When SCANDISK or CHKDISK is run, all the parts are identified as "lost file fragments" and converted (if you want) into CHK files. Face it. Stuff crashes all the time. If you only run SCANDISK once a month, you get a month's worth of old crash junk. If you were working on (and lost) something important just before a crash, you might want to try to recover any data from any CHK files that exist. On the other hand, if you aren't in a state of panic over lost data, just delete any CHK files. A handy tip: Keep your disk defragmented. That way if you ever do lose it all, the lost file fragments will be more likely to be complete files. Important: Save yourself some trouble. The CHK file recovery programs offered here do not "recover" files. They simply rename them to have the correct extension! If you already know the extension of the file(s) you want to get back, just rename all your CHK files to the desired extension and see what works. The programs here only help you when you have way too many CHK files to test or when you have way too many different file extensions you want to recover.
FIX-CIH - Since this pesky CIH virus has just damaged hundreds of thousands of hard disk drives, Steve Gibson created a new FREEWARE program to recover from this problem . . . even AFTER the virus has wiped out a drive! This program quickly recovers FAT32 formatted drives from the damage done by the CIH virus. (Note: Unfortunately, it will not be able to help non-FAT32 formatted drives.) So, if your system has just been zapped by the CIH Virus, if you have your flash bios working again (or if it wasn't zapped) but after booting DOS from the A: (diskette) drive your hard drive is gone, unrecognized, or missing .. the program Steve has written will repair your drive and recover ALL of your data!
Whatformat - Windows 95 - 98 - NT 4.0. It's not always possible to see from a filename's extension what actual format is used. Sometimes the same extension is used for different formats, one extension can be used for different versions or often a file simply has a wrong extension. The first bytes of a file may contain information of what format is used. WhatFormat v2.0a is a file analyzer that looks at these bytes for signatures and makes a guess of the format this file may have. VB5 runtimes are required (and available for download from the site). Now recognizes many more file formats yet. Whatformat is now capable of renaming a file for if the extension is wrong, and much more. Works with Win 2000 and XP.
BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
TextExtract. - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface.This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else .
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
Font Folder Fixer - Font Folder Fixer Win 95/98/ME If your Fonts folder has become corrupt and the "Install New Font" option is not available, Font Folder Fixer will repair it. Font Folder Fixer restores the following: • Install New Font option • Open and Print options • Correct names of fonts • Fixes problems with fonts not showing up.
BinText - A small, very fast and powerful text extractor that will be of particular interest to programmers. It can extract text from any kind of file and includes the ability to find plain ASCII text, Unicode (double byte ANSI) text and Resource strings, providing useful information for each item in the optional "advanced" view mode. Its comprehensive filtering helps prevent unwanted text being listed. The gathered list can be searched and saved to a separate file as either a plain text file or in informative tabular format. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
TextExtract - TextExtract is a small but powerful program that scans one or more files for text strings, extracts them and saves them into a separate file. Useful if, say, you have a corrupted word processor file, or if you just want to see what text, if any, is inside a file. Configurable extraction. Lovely interface. Very straightforward to use. TextExtract is free to use from its GUI (i.e. the buttons and that) and shareware if you use it from its command-line interface. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
ReadText - ReadText uses a routine to distinguish text from binary code. When given a filename, it removes whatever it finds that looks like binary code in the file. What's left behind is what the program believes to be text only. This program is meant to be used on program or data files, where you think there might be some text information hidden, like game cheats, program usage information, etc. The text in such binary files can already be read by any good text viewer, but all the binary code cluttering up can make it difficult to find what you're looking for. Using this program should, by removing most of this code, make your search a little easier. This allows you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
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