DOCUMENT RECOVERY
Data loss isn’t always restricted to accidentally deleted files or completely lost or corrupt partitions. Sometimes it can manifest in an individual file not saving correctly or corrupting when opened by its parent application. First, check to see if the program itself offers repair tools.
For example, if you have a corrupt Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file, then in the latest version of Office, click Browse to open the main file selection dialog. Locate the file in question, then click the down arrow next to the Open button and you’ll reveal an ‘Open and Repair…’ option that may enable you to recover some or all the document.
If it’s unable to help, check your data recovery tool. While free tools are limited, paid-for apps, such as EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free ( www.easeus. com/datarecoverywizard/ free-data-recoverysoftware.htm) are capable of recovering specific types of file, and you may be able to reconstruct the file without having to pay a cent if you haven’t yet recovered more than 2GB of files using the trial version.
If this doesn’t fix your problem, head over to Recovery Toolbox ( https:// recoverytoolbox.com/) where you’ll find a range of tools under its ‘Repair Software’ section that target specific apps, from Microsoft Office to PDF and zip files. Download and install the software to let it evaluate your damaged file and show you what it can recover. If it’s able to restore it, expect to pay around $30 for a license (prices vary according to the product in question).
One final bonus, if your corrupt file is a Word .doc (not the newer .docx), then Repair My Word ( https://getdata.com/ repairmyword/) may be able to extract the text from it, enabling you to save it to a new, corrupt-free file.