Help please, corrupt file on usb stick

candice56

Hi there :hello:

My DH has come home a bit stressed_pale_ tonight as he cannot open his monthly report file on his usb stick. Its an excel file.

The other files both excel and word all open fine but this one keeps coming up with an error message saying it cannot be opened because file is corrupt, or something to that effect anyway.

Anyone got a clue how to get to the info or save this file???

totalsolutions

Get another copy of it?

candice56

eh? sorry im not following. We cant open the file so how would we get a copy?

closed

If it's in the correct format (xls) and your only copy, you'll have to redo it.

candice56

thanks closed but what do you mean by 'redo', start again? Is there no way of recovering the information, this is a file with many sheets used for many months so hopefully someone can help us get the file open.

closed

Try copying it to your hard disk.

Yes, start again. A repair tool might be able to recover something, but don't know of any free ones.

Which computer was it created on, any xlk backups about?

Browntoa

try this freebie

http://www.recuva.com/

or

http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/download.htm?language=1

candice56

Well thanks guys in a mixed flurry of attempts and using recuva - thanks Browntoa, we've managed to get the files open in works spreadsheet!

Thanks again!