Data Recovery places?

[Accipiter22]

I have a corrupted Word file that I need to get the data off of....where would I take it to get it recovered? already tried plenty of home remedies, and none worked.

 

[midwestfisherman]

Have you tried Spinrite. It'll cost you $80, but it works.

 

[KLin]

The file is corrupt or the media that the file resides on is corrupt? If the file is corrupt, you're probably screwed.

 

[Safeway]

If the file itself is corrupt, you are screwed. This happens a lot with roaming profiles. Poor guys.

 

[BigToque]

http://ontrack.com/services/

 

[FoBoT]

PM Rubycon

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
PM Rubycon

:laugh:

 

[Accipiter22]

yah the file is, AND the backups of it are all corrupted. When I open it in word, it says that Word can't find the device I'm pointing to or the network or something like that. Then word crashes. Who would I take it to otherwise? I can't lose this file, there's years of sentimental value in it, I'm not even sure how the file and all the backups got corrupted at once.

 

[Freshgeardude]

try word pad, note pad watch that works other than that dono

 

[Bootprint]

Maybe try downloading Open Office and using that. I've seen that open up files that MS Office would barf on.

 

[SKORPI0]

WordRestore

Word recovery is a MS Word repair utility from PC Recovery. WordRestore will fix Word files including password protected files that cannot be opened due to file corruption. The WordRestore Word fix solution will repair doc files and create a new file while preserving the original.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Maybe try downloading Open Office and using that. I've seen that open up files that MS Office would barf on.

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
WordRestore

Word recovery is a MS Word repair utility from PC Recovery. WordRestore will fix Word files including password protected files that cannot be opened due to file corruption. The WordRestore Word fix solution will repair doc files and create a new file while preserving the original.

Thanks, I'll try those 2 things!

 

[Phokus]

Great thread, i actually have the same problem. Thanks guys.

 

[Safeway]

So, is your problem fixed OP?

 

[Tegeril]

Office 2007 has built in word document recovery features in the open dialog if you haven't tried that yet.

 

[ultimatebob]

If all else fails, you can try opening the Word document in a text editor and copy all of the relevant text out of it. I'd had to do that before.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: Tegeril
Office 2007 has built in word document recovery features in the open dialog if you haven't tried that yet.

I tried that in 2003 and it didn't work

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
If all else fails, you can try opening the Word document in a text editor and copy all of the relevant text out of it. I'd had to do that before.

it's pw protected so I can't open it in notepad

Originally posted by: Safeway
So, is your problem fixed OP?

gonna try tonight after my classes are over (at school now). I'll post results afterwards

 

[effowe]

Hex Editor?

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

PM me, I can try to help you out.

 

[Accipiter22]

wow...WordRestore costs 145 bucks! I don't even know if it'll work or not, I'm a student so I really can't afford it.

Open Office DOES open the file...but it's the same as when Word recovers the document...the first paragraph is fine and then there's hundreds of pages of garbled mess.