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Word Processor File
Corruption
Recovery Freeware
Spreadsheet File Corruption
Recovery Freeware
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http://www.adrc.net/
data_recovery_resources/
library_topic/office_tips...
- MS Office corruption tips.
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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010346561033.aspx
- Overview of Microsoft recommended steps for recovering a file.
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http://www.s2services.com/excel.htm - My steps you can try to
recover an unopenable or corrupt Excel spreadsheet.
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http://groups.google.com/group/
microsoft.public.excel.misc/browse_thr...
- Similar to my steps above.
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http://skp.mvps.org/wrd00015.htm - 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."
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http://chicago.sourceforge.net/xlhtml/ - The xlHtml program will
take an Excel 95, or 97 file as input and convert it to highly
optimized html.
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http://www.45.free.net/~vitus/ice/catdoc/ - CatDoc is now
accompanied by xls2csv - program which converts Excel spreadsheet
into comma-separated value file."
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http://download.microsoft.com/
download/excel97win/util/1/win98/en-us/...
- 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.
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http://www.s2services.com/hosted-freeware/bytefix.zip - "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)."
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http://www.s2services.com/hosted-freeware/backfour.zip - 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.
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http://www.s2services.com/hosted-freeware/FIXWK4.zip - 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.
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http://www.s2services.com/hosted-freeware/kvlot32.exe - will
open Lotus 123 files including possibly corrupt ones.
Presentation Corruption Recovery
Freeware
Structured Storage File/Ole 2/Doc
File Viewers - Take Apart Files Into
Their Text, Images, Maybe VBA Etc.
Office File Viewers - May
sometimes
open files when native app cannot
A corrupt file recovery trick is to
open the files in another
office suite's programs. Try below for some free ones:
Web Based
Suites
Freeware
Office Suites
Online
Stand-Alone Word Processors
Freeware
Stand-Alone Word Processors
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http://www.abisource.com/ - AbiWord is a free word processing
program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide
variety of word processing tasks.
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http://www.rssol.com/shared/
download/exec/atlant10n_en.exe -
Atlantis Nova is a full-featured user-friendly Word Processor with
the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding word
processing tasks effortlessly.
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http://cryptedit.chat.ru/ - Crypt Edit is one of the most
powerful freeware word processors. It is a nice replacement for the
standard Windows NotePad and WordPad.
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http://www.hushpage.com/
Delphad/delphad.html - Delphad supposed
to be a Word Pad replacement, because it includes all the word pad
features plus plenty of additional functions. With Delphad you can
almost open any file, edit text or rtf, open Word Docs.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Hieroglyph_word_processor -
Hieroglyph is a freeware Russian language word processor written by
Michael Morozov. It supports typing in both English and Russian,
including using English letters to type in Russian by
transliteration with automatic conversion to Russian alphabet.
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http://www.jarte.com/features.html - built around Wordpad engine
with extra features.
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http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php - QJot is a relatively small
alternative rich text editor that saves .doc files, inserts images
and more. It is basically meant to serve as a good WordPad
replacement. It supports Unicode and runs under Windows 2000 and
Windows XP. Its native format is RTF, but it can open, edit and save
Word and WordPerfect files (though not with all of their features).
Online
Stand-Alone Spreadsheets
Freeware
Stand-Alone Spreadsheets
Freeware
Stand-Alone Presentation Apps
Freeware
File Viewers
(sometimes corrupt
office files will open here)
Access
Database Repair
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http://accesstools.narod.ru/repair.html - Serge Gavrilov's
Access Database Repair Steps.
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http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/
corruptmdbs.htm - Corrupt
Microsoft Access MDBs FAQ.
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http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/
corruption/corruptobjects.htm -
To Retrieve your data from a Corrupt Microsoft Access MDB.
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http://www.ally.ru/downloads.phtml?id=1&page=1&lang=eng - "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."
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http://www.accessdatabaserepair.com/
jetcomp.htm - "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."
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http://www.division-by-zero.de/dbz/index.asp?main=/dbz/tools/fixit_ma...
- MDB repair and compress.
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http://www.matpie.drw.net/PBSystems/
products/retired/MDBDeco.html
- "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."
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http://www.matpie.drw.net/PBSystems/
products/retired/MDBRepair.html
- "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." - Only Access 97.
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http://www.matpie.drw.net/PBSystems/
products/retired/MDBTask.html
- allows you to schedule mdb repair.
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http://accesstools.narod.ru/index.html - "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."
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http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/
freeware.htm - "Perform
compact and repair on all your Access .mdb files, Create an index of
all Tables and Fields in your databases, and Create an index of all
Queries in your databases." Comment - Will not let you repair a
file that Access can't repair because it seems to require Access (it
opened it on my machine before appearing), but if you have a need to
perform mass compact and repairs this is it.
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http://www.simtel.net/product.php%5Burl_fb_product_page%5D29904
- "MS Access 2.0: Repair & backup utility."
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http://www.alexnolan.net/software/
mdb_viewer_plus.htm - "MDB
Viewer Plus is a freeware viewer plus an editor for Access MDB
files. It requires no install to run provided that Microsoft Data
Access Components (MDAC) is installed on your PC (In most versions
of Windows this is the case). MDB View Plus has been written to
provide a free and quick easy way to view, edit and search MDB files
without having Microsoft Access installed. It is not a full database
development solution but does allow you to view MDB files without an
Access license." Viewers can sometimes open corrupt files.
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http://www.matsoftware.it/software/
utility/mdb_view_en.php -
"MDB View is a very useful software that allows you to view mdb
files on system without Microsoft Access installed. All you need are
the MDAC 2.1 components or higher ( that you can get for free on
Microsoft download page )." Try opening a corrupt Access file in
this viewer here.
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http://www.jansfreeware.com/
jfdatabase.htm#myMDB - "myMDB is a
client for Microsoft Jet Databases (*.mdb) and requires the free
MDAC 2.1 components from Microsoft. Features: auto-form, form
designer,
html-reports with print preview, integral html-viewer, integral
syntax highlighted SQL and HTML editor, integral SQL tutorial,
execute SQL statements, sample JanSoft database." Another MDB
viewer.
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http://www.trigeminal.com/lang/
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1033/utility.asp?ItemID=16#16 -
Have you ever found yourself with a database that has a password on
it, yet you never set one? You may be suffering from the problem in
Q243895. Basically, opening an Access file in Word can hopelessly
corrupt it. Well now, the simple utility TSI Word to the Wise
prevents these files from being opened and saved in Word 2000.
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http://www.mvps.org/access/
modules/mdl0061.htm - prevents Access
files from being opened in Word, causing corruption.
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http://www.bullzip.com/products/
a2m/info.php - try converting
corrupt Access database to MySQL.
Paradox
Database Repair
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http://www.bdesupport.com/
errors.htm - Borland Database Engine
Errors.
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http://www.bdesupport.com/
stability.htm - Tips for making the
Borland Database Engine more stable in the field.
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http://www.bdesupport.com/
download/swbpdxregen.zip -
"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."
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http://www.rksolution.cz/
Delphi/Delphi.htm#00004 - "Pdxrbld (Ver
4.42) : (Updated July-1-2005) 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."
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http://info.borland.com/devsupport/
bde/utilities.html - "This
program will verify and rebuild Paradox version 7.x or less tables.
This application is also available via BC 5.0 OWL and CBuilder
source
code."
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http://info.borland.com/
devsupport/bde/utilities.html - "This
DOS program will verify and rebuild Paradox version 4.x or less
tables."
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http://www.borland.com/
devsupport/bde/files/tutil50.zip - Table
repair dll needed by Pdxrbld.exe and maybe others.
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http://www.mitec.cz/Downloads/
PDESetup.exe - "This is viewer and
editor for Paradox tables. It has password protection removing and
fix & repair ability. It uses BDE."
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http://www.mitec.cz/Downloads/
DataEdit.zip - Data editor for
Paradox, dBase, FoxPro, XML, CSV and Clarion tables. No additional
DLLs needed (no BDE).
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http://www.chaossoftware.com/
products.asp - "While database
damage is a rare occurrence, this database repair utility can help
bring many problem databases back to good working order. Works with
ISAM databases used in many of our products." Comment - According to
here, the definition of ISAM databases is: "ISAM (Indexed Sequential
Access Method) refers to indexed databases such as Btrieve, dBASE,
FoxPro and Paradox."
SQL Type
Database Repair
DBF Type
Database Repair
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http://www.chaossoftware.com/
products.asp - "While database
damage is a rare occurrence, this database repair utility can help
bring many problem databases back to good working order. Works with
ISAM databases used in many of our products." Comment - According to
here, the definition of ISAM databases is: "ISAM (Indexed Sequential
Access Method) refers to indexed databases such as Btrieve, dBASE,
FoxPro and Paradox."
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http://stofi.host.sk/en_titan.htm - "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."
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http://cratchit.org/download/index.htm - FIXDBF.ZIP "Broken
headers in XBase have caused as much consternation as any other
"feature" of the language. It's a unique situation in which a
networking problem has caused the program to lock up between the
time a record is written and the header is updated. It's so
prevalent that Visual FoxPro 5.0 now AUTOMATICALLY performs fixes of
the header. However, versions prior to that don't, so I wrote this.
It's an interactive data file scanner/fixer that will repair broken
headers and allow you to BROWSE the broken file PRIOR to fixing it!
In addition, it will analyze the damage and will refuse to "repair"
a file that is broken in some way other than having a broken header
(if this is the case it will suggest the proper utility to use to
fix the problem!)"
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http://cratchit.org/download/index.htm - RETROPSNART - "When
FoxPro version 2.5 was introduced, there was a utility called the
"transporter" included. This converted your FoxPro 2.0 code to
version 2.5. Unfortunately, the process was one way. While working
under a tight deadline I found the hard way that the FoxPro 2.5
memory manager was not compatible with the LIM expanded memory that
we had to use under Alloy's operating system. So, the "reverse
transporter" was born. Retropsnart converts all of FoxPro's system
components from version 2.5 or 2.6 to version 2.0. It's also
available in the FoxPro Forum on CompuServe."
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http://cratchit.org/download/index.htm - SHIFTDBF.ZIP - "This
fixes one of the most frustrating and flat-out weird problems I've
run into yet. There are cases where the data in DBF files can be
shifted out of their fields. The data in the record is actually
rotated a number of characters left or right while remaining within
the record. This rotation occurs on a byte level, without regard to
the data types of the fields in the affected record. The damage
occurs to specific records, not all records in the file."
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http://www.alexnolan.net/
software/dbf.htm - The idea here is
that a corrupt DBF file might open in this program if nowhere else.
After that data can be exported to a CSV file.
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http://www.jansfreeware.com/
jfdatabase.htm#mydbf - "myDBF 3 is a
small database program that can handle DBase IV files. FEATURES:
Form designer, HTML template based reports, integral syntax
highlighted HTML editor, zoomable print preview, integral HTML 3.2
viewer, table designer, smart filter, mail merge. INCLUDED: jansoft
sample database, form, report and help file; janScript support. NEW:
Cascading Style Sheet support for reports."
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http://alxsoft.narod.ru/ENG/dbfnav.htm - "DBF Navigator is a
Windows utility for viewing and editing DBF files....The program
does not use external drivers for access to databases (for example
ODBC, BDE, MS Jet) additional libraries (dll, ocx)."
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http://alxsoft.narod.ru/ENG/mdxview.htm - "MDXView is a Windows
utility for viewing index files dBASE IV, dBASE 5.x (.MDX)."
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http://www.burtonsys.com/ - "Convert .DBF files to .CSV text
(comma-separated values). Includes Perl source code, and 3 tiny Perl
interpreters. New to v.5: it now handles FoxPro's 'I' (binary
integer) and 'M' (memo) fields. New to v.6: now translates nearly
all PC850 accented characters (thanks to Jacky Bruno and David
Marin)."
Misc.
Database Repair
Outlook
Repair
Outlook
Express Repair
Thunderbird,
Eudora, GroupWise, Pegasus,
Pine, Lotus Note and Domino Recovery
Chat Repair
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http://www.dark-e.com/products.shtml - Chat Recovery is a
program we created to recover and move chat accounts. This version
can now recover the buddy list for each account. Note that this
product only recovers this info off your computer, it does not do
this to a remote computer, or anyone on your buddy list.
Misc. E-mail
Repair
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http://www.gaijin.at/dlimmxtr.php - IncrediMail Message
Extractor.
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http://www.pchell.com/ - Everyone has been to PC Hell at one
time or another. It's that place you visit when your personal
computer is driving you insane with problems, glitches, and so on.
To try to soothe
the frustration, we'll provide some tips, hints, and troubleshooting
remedies to help you get out of PC Hell. Be warned however,
sometimes there is no exit....
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http://www.securitysoftware.cc/apps.html - corrupt files in
predictable ways then uncorrupt them.
Corrupt
Image Repair
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http://www.floborecovery.com/ - "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."
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http://www.s2services.com/jpg-repair.zip - "...During my
testing, I discovered that by adding one byte at a certain position
in the jpg file the corrupted picture was restored. So all we need
is a tool that would add a byte at a user-defined position.
JPEG-Repair, the program I wrote, will allow you to do this..."
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http://ddsv2.xhost.ro/ - I don't know how to use it but there is
a JPG artifact remover on the "Effects" Menu of DDS, under the
Retouch entry. By the way another kind of repair that can be done
on JPGs is deconvolution, which is a way to get rid of motion blur
in these images. My experience with both of these, just hacking
really though, is it doesn't work very well.
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http://filerecovery.biz/files/hosted-freeware/zefrjpg.zip -
"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."
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http://www.awaresystems.be/
imaging/tiff/astifftagviewer.html -
"It does not contain an actual pixel color data codec, and thus it
is not sensitive to raster encoding and decoding issues, making it
the ideal superfast and robust solution for discovering what TIFF
tags and values are actually present in any TIFF file. Whenever a
customer reports your software doesn't handle this or that
particular TIFF, use AsTiffTagViewer and discover why." May help
with TIFF Files that appear to be corrupt or otherwise won't open in
certain programs. Appears to be an expert level program.
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http://www.mediachance.com/
digicam/hotpixels.htm - " Hot pixels
is a known problem of all CCD cameras during long exposures (1s and
up). A hot pixel is created by an element with a higher rate of
charge leakage than its neighbors. On long exposure the leakage may
cross the exposed value threshold thus producing a white dot on the
image. HotPixels, the program removes such noise with preserving
details."
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http://www.mediachance.com/
digicam/blackframe.htm - "Hot pixels
is a known problem of all CCD cameras during long exposures (1s and
up). A hot pixel is created by an element with a higher rate of
charge leakage than its neighbors. On long exposure the leakage may
cross the exposed value threshold thus producing a white dot on the
image. BlackFrame NR uses a black-frame method to removes such noise
with preserving all details."
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http://luminous-landscape.com/contents/DNG-Recover-Edges.shtml -
Solving a problem that few people knew even existed, Thomas Knoll,
one of the original authors of Photoshop, and the creator of Adobe's
Camera Raw, has written a free utility program which recovers all of
the pixels that any supported digital camera records, whether it's
hidden edges or intentionally cropped formats."
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http://udpix.free.fr/ - "This program helps to locate and fix
LCD screens dead pixels. You can fix the stuck pixels by calling
them to do rapid changes. You need to run this program for a couple
of hours. There is no warranty on the result, but you don't really
have anything to lose trying it out."
Corrupt
Video Repair
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http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divfix.html - "This program
was created to be able to watch partially downloaded DivX (AVI)
movies. It can rebuild or strip the index part of the movie, which
is at the end
of the file. There are also a basic error detection, which can
detect serious errors in the audio/video stream."
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http://divxrepair.sourceforge.net/ - "Using DivXRepair, you can
repair corrupt avi files and eliminate freezes. This program
automatically detects and eliminates bad frames."
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http://paul.glagla.free.fr/
filmerit_en.htm#Lecteur - fix corrupt
DirectShow filters
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http://www.virtualdub.org/index - "VirtualDub is a video
capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms(95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public
License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose
editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear
operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for
processing large numbers of files and can be extended with
third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward
processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and
also handle sets of BMP images."
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http://www.stokebloke.com/
software/index.php#overnetjoiner -
"Overnet Joiner tries to take *.part files and make a usable joined
file. This will normally only work on files which can tolerate
missing bits. Like AVI or MPG files. The first part (1.1.part) must
have the header information for the files to be playable. If part
1.1 is missing Overnet Joiner will not work. "
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http://proletsoft.freeservers.com/
mmb/steeper.html - "Steeper
enables you to repair, modify, join and cut out fragments from ASF
and WMV files. It is based upon and is using ASFCut, a command line
utility by RadioActive. Steeper requires Window Media Services at
least with version 9.0."
Corrupt
Music File Repair
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http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
about/features - fix music files
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http://proletsoft.freeservers.com/
mmb/steeper.html - Music
Repair
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http://www.ableget.com/freeware.php - check and repair mp3
files.
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http://www.delback.co.uk/wavrep/ - Wave Repair Program (possible
use - cleans up noise from vinyl records).
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http://mp3decoders.mp3-tech.org/corrupt.html - MP3 Decoder
Tests Corrupt File Test
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http://www.drtag.de/en/products.htm - MP3 Repair Tool
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http://www.thesleepwalker.com/
software/ - "What is Unphuck?
Unphuck is a utility that fixes several of the common problems
associated with MPEG audio files."
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http://web.archive.org/web/
20001202113500/http:/free-music.com/uncook...
- "Uncook 95 is a 32-bit Windows 95/NT application that will allow
Netscape users to fix MP3 files that were retrieved from improperly
set servers. WARNING: RUNNING UNCOOK ON FILES THAT ARE NOT MESSED
UP WILL MESS THEM UP!!!"
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http://www.dirfile.com/
fake_mp3_detector.htm - "Fake MP3
detector can scan your collection of music and detect corrupt/fake
MP3 songs, particularly useful if you download songs from file
sharing networks and websites. Fake MP3 Detector can protect you
against fake music on file sharing networks such as Kazaa, LimeWire,
eDonkey, BitTorrent, BearShare and iMesh. The software allows you to
automatically keep a
clean and organized music collection and optimizes your computer by
freeing wasted disk space. You do not need to check your songs
manually, fake MP3s are automatically detected within seconds,
saving you time and effort!"
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http://www.dirfile.com/
mp3_to_wav_decoder.htm - "MP3 to WAV
Decoder makes burning custom music CDs a snap. Eliminate corrupt MP3
files, and decode them quickly and easily to the burnable WAV
format. You can preview MP3s before decoding them, and ID3 tag info
for the files is displayed on the fly. MP3 to WAV Decoder features
an intuitive WinZip style interface, where you can add unlimited
files for quick batch conversion. Using little system resources, you
can multitask while decoding."
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http://www.korben.tk/ - "InZeCue is a cue reparator. You can
repair cue files like cue/bin or cue/mp3...etc Very simple to use :
Just drag and drop .cue and InZeCue will repair it automatically !!
In fact, IZC will recalculate good times for musical cue and will
find the good image CD for a binary cue."
Dedicated
Zip Repair Functionality Freeware
Zip Suites
with Repair Functionality
Specialized
and Misc Zip Repair Apps
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http://www.urbanophile.com/
arenn/hacking/download.html - "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."
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http://www.ntutility.com/freeware_2.html - "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."
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http://www.securitysoftware.cc/apps.html - This simple program
can be used to ->predictably<- corrupt and then repair a file. I use
this to add an additional layer of security to password protected
zip files and other types of encrypted files.
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http://legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&name
=Open_Source&file=index...
- extract individual files from archives of many types, perhaps
including corrupt ones.
Fix Windows
Help Problems
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http://dougknox.com/utility/
scripts/fixwinmehelp.vbs - "This VB
Script will restore the associations for Windows Help (Millennium
version) that Easy Cleaner removes. Your antivirus software may
report
this script as potentially malicious, or a possible virus. This is
because the script writes to the System Registry."
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http://dougknox.com/xp/utils/
fix_windows_xp_help.htm - "This
small VB 6 utility will restore the associations for Windows® XP
Help and Support that Easy Cleaner removes. Other registry
"cleaners" can cause the same problem." (For XP)
Fix Windows
Logon Problems
Font Folder
Repair
Icon and
Desktop Repair
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http://dougknox.com/xp/utils/
xp_showdesktop.htm - "This utility
will allow you to quickly and easily restore the Show Desktop icon
to your Quick Launch bar. This utility is freeware."
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http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_aifw.html - "ActivIcons makes it
simple to change properties for various icons on your Windows
desktop and in Explorer, plus attributes for many other desktop
settings. You can save and restore the desktop layout, repair
corrupted icons, increase the size of the Windows icon cache to
prevent future problems, and much more.
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http://camtech2000.net/Pages/
Useful.html - "You may have noticed
that sometimes the Desktop and Windows Explorer start to display the
wrong Icons for some file types. Running RefreshEm when they do
repairs the Windows Icon Cache so that the proper ones are
immediately displayed. It does not stay in memory, immediately
terminates after using it and has no visible Window. Just click or
double click the Icon each time you want to refresh the icons."
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http://dougknox.com/utility/
scripts/drives.vbs - Restores the
Open and Explore options on Start Button in Win95/98
Internet
Explorer and Networking Repair
Explorer and
My Computer Repair
Auto-Play
Repair
Permissions
and Association Repair
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http://djlizard.net/tech/repair-permissions-associations/ -
"Much like Mac OS X, Windows XP can suffer from permissions problems
(in the file system, registry, or other objects) which can be easily
solved by applying the default permissions that originally came with
the operating system. The tools required to repair the permissions
are standard in Windows XP Professional, but they are not present in
Windows XP Home. I have included all you will need in order to
perform this repair..."
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http://dougknox.com/xp/
utils/fix_windows_xp_help.htm - "This
small VB 6 utility will restore the associations for Windows® XP
Help and Support that Easy Cleaner removes. Other registry
"cleaners" can cause the same problem."
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http://dougknox.com/
xp/utils/xp_sysrestore_blank.htm - "This
small GUI (Graphical User Interface) utility will check the Registry
associations that cause this problem (Fix System Restore Calendar),
and notify you if they need to be corrected. You will then have the
opportunity to correct them, by clicking the Repair button. This
application is freeware."
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http://dougknox.com/xp/
utils/SysRestoreCalendar.zip - This small
GUI (Graphical User Interface) utility will check the Registry
associations that cause this problem, and notify you if they need to
be corrected. You will then have the opportunity to correct them, by
clicking the Repair button.
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http://dougknox.com/
utility/scripts/fixpix_2k.vbs - This is a
Visual Basic Script file which will restore the File Associations
for various image files, so that they can be previewed in Windows
Explorer when View As Web Page is enabled. Third party image
programs often change these values, and break the "Image Preview" in
Windows Explorer. This script will also repair the Registry
associations for Thumbnail View mode, since they often get damaged
at the same time.
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http://dougknox.com/utility/
scripts/fixpix.vbs - (for Win 98/ME)
- This is a Visual Basic Script file which will restore the File
Associations for various image files, so that they can be previewed
in Windows Explorer when View As Web Page is enabled. Third party
image programs often change these values, and break the "Image
Preview" in Windows Explorer. This script will also repair the
Registry associations for Thumbnail View mode, since they often get
damaged at the same time.
CHK File
Identifiers
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http://www.ericphelps.com/uncheck/ - "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!"
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http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/z
chkmate.htm - "CHK-Mate will
examine the contents of the CHK files and determine if the contents
are known file types, such as MS-Word files or GIF files. When
contents are
recognized (for example, as a Word document), the CHK files are
copied to a new file with the correct file extension (Filexxxx.CHK
-> Filexxxx.DOC). The new file extension allows you to easily open
the file using the associated program."
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http://www.garykessler.net/
library/file_sigs.html - FILE
SIGNATURES TABLE. Identify files by looking at the first few bytes.
Windows and
Office Key Identifiers
-
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/
keyfinder.html - "The Magical
Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your
Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. It
has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text
file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP /Server 2003, Office 97, and Office XP. This
version is a quick update to make it work with Windows Server 2003."
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http://korben.othersystem.net/
web/RockXP.html - "RockXP allows
you to retrieve and change your XP product key that you used when
you installed Windows XP. This can come very handy if you need to
reinstall but have misplaced or lost the CD cover with the serial
sticker. In addition, the program also lets you save the product
activation to a file, enables you to recover usernames and passwords
contained in the Windows Secure Storage, recover your Microsoft
Windows Products keys and have password generator."
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http://dougknox.com/
utility/scripts/productkey.vbs -
Productkey.vbs is a Visual Basic Script file which will check your
System Registry and retrieve the product (CD) Key that was used when
you installed Windows
95/98/98SE/Millennium.
Misc. Single
Windows Problem Repair
-
http://software.hitoma.com/
WURT/download.htm - "WURT works by
simply repairing anything Windows Update is dependant on. For
example, WU depends heavily on Internet Explorer. IE depends on many
other Windows functions, which have other dependencies."
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http://paul.glagla.free.fr/
filmerit_en.htm#Lecteur - fix corrupt
DirectShow filters.
-
http://dougknox.com/
xp/utils/SysRestoreCalendar.zip - This small
GUI (Graphical User Interface) utility will check the Registry
associations that cause this problem, and notify you if they need to
be corrected.
You will then have the opportunity to correct them, by clicking the
Repair button.
-
http://www.moreal.net/cr.htm - Clipboard Recovery 2.0
-
http://michaelstevenstech.com/
XPrepairinstall.htm - How to
Perform a Windows XP Repair Install.
-
http://dougknox.com/xp/
utils/xp_sysrestore_blank.htm - "This
small GUI (Graphical User Interface) utility will check the Registry
associations that cause this problem (Fix System Restore Calendar),
and notify you if they need to be corrected. You will then have the
opportunity to correct them, by clicking the Repair button. This
application is freeware."
-
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm - This
application allows you to Repair and Customize the Quick Launch,
Taskbar and Notification Area in Windows XP.
-
http://www.fpns.net/willy/msbackup.htm - "This page discusses
some of the internal structures I've observed/discovered in the
backup programs distributed with the Win32 versions of Microsoft's
Windows
Operating systems. It also introduces two freely available programs
I wrote based on this information to recover data from backup
archive files (*.QIC and *.BKF) created with these Windows backup
programs. As of 2004 I've made the source code for these programs
available under the GNU Public License..."
Freeware for
Fixing Multiple Windows Problems
-
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm - This
application allows you to Repair and Customize the Quick Launch,
Taskbar and Notification Area in Windows XP.
-
http://www.download.com/Advanced-
WindowsCare/3000-2086-10407614.html - "Slow down, freeze and
blue-screen crash are over. Advanced WindowsCare thoroughly examines
the Windows system, accurately detects the bottlenecks for slowing
down and crashing, fixes these problems and repairs Windows. All
work will be done with 30 seconds and 1 click. The intuitive
interface makes Advanced WindowsCare the perfect tool for big
dummies."
-
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
download4054.html - "Designed to
provide the user with the best computer experience possible,
SmartFix is an all-in-one system and security repair tool that
allows you to fix and
eliminate the pesky bugs and problems that may slow down your
computer via easy one-click menu options and a user-friendly
interface."
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http://djlizard.net/software/dial-a-fix/ - "Dial-a-fix is a
collection of 'known fixes' that repair common Windows issues, such
as Windows Update, SSL, Microsoft Installer, and other problems.
Most of the fixes are found in Microsoft Knowledgebase articles.
When you see a list of DLLs that Microsoft is telling you to use
REGSVR32 on, chances are they are already included in Dial-a-fix.
Free Site to
Help Troubleshooting Windows
-
http://www.pchell.com/ - Everyone has been to PC Hell at one
time or another. It's that place you visit when your personal
computer is driving you insane with problems, glitches, and so on.
To try to soothe the frustration, we'll provide some tips, hints,
and troubleshooting remedies to help you get out of PC Hell. Be
warned however, sometimes there is no exit....
-
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/
windowsxp/categories/Troubleshoo...
- Windows troubleshooting articles.
-
http://www.webtree.ca/ - Windowsxp/repair_xp.htm - XP repair
articles.
-
http://www.computerhope.com/index.htm - Computer Hope is a
collection of free services that allows any user to access its
database of extensive free computer related information. With these
resources available, Computer Hope has become a popular destination
for end-users as well as computer support facilities for answering
computer related questions.
Text Extractors - At
least get your text back
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http://docmorph.nlm.nih.gov/docmorph/ - The DocMorph Web site
allows users to convert files into PDF, TIFF, text, and synthesized
speech. The downloadable MyMorph software allows users to mass
migrate files to PDF only.
-
http://www.ultima-thule.co.uk/ - 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.
-
http://members.fortunecity.com/
bigg5/frw/diagn.htm - This allows
you to recover the text from a file if nothing else.
Misc. Corrupt File Recovery
Freeware
-
http://www.pchell.com/ - Everyone has been to PC Hell at one
time or another. It's that place you visit when your personal
computer is driving you insane with problems, glitches, and so on.
To try to soothe the frustration, we'll provide some tips, hints,
and troubleshooting remedies to help you get out of PC Hell. Be
warned however, sometimes there is no exit....
-
http://www.securitysoftware.cc/apps.html - This simple program
can be used to ->predictably<- corrupt and then repair a file. I use
this to add an additional layer of security to password protected
zip files and other types of encrypted files.
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