[dba-Tech] Excel corruption

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri Jul 6 08:28:46 CDT 2012


.xlsx files are actually collections of zip compressed XML files.

If it is a .xlsx file, you can try renaming the file to .zip, opening the file with something like 
Winzip and viewing/editting/saving the XML files with an XML editor such as XML Notepad.

-- 
Stuart

On 6 Jul 2012 at 9:11, Tina Norris Fields wrote:

> I managed to recover the data once from an Excel file that was left in 
> the open state when its owner removed the floppy disk it resided on from 
> the drive, then turned off the computer.  So, we're talking back in the 
> DOS and early Windows days.  Trying now to remember what I did - seems 
> to me I changed its extension and forced it into something like a text 
> editor, then copied and pasted the bits of data into another fresh Excel 
> spreadsheet.  It was time-consuming, but it did save the entire 
> price-list of the store.  I got $100 for the effort, plus free ice cream 
> for a couple of years.  I hope somebody else on the list has something 
> better to offer.
> T
> 
> Tina Norris Fields
> tinanfields at torchlake.com
> 231-322-2787
> 
> On 7/6/2012 8:37 AM, Susan Harkins wrote:
> > Do any of you have a positive experience with any data-recovering software that works well with Excel? I've got a miserable reader that I think is just out of luck, but thought I'd try to help.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >
> 
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