help me with my corrupted files

OS Windows

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I used a disk recovery tool to recover some previously formatted files，however I am having problems with the .doc files [MS Word]. I use MS OFFICE 2003 and below is the message on the screen when I tried to open the recovered word documents:
"Word experienced an error trying to open the file. Try this suggestion - blah blah blah...."
I tried the suggestions but still couldn't open the document. I tried opening with Notepad but all I got was some funny machine language. Any help please! The files are so important.
windowfx
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use OpenOffice a free opensource replacement for MS Office
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute

WWW Link

When installing you can set up the options to open .doc files. Of course if they are too corrupted even OpenOffice may not work.

It's My Secret
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
have you tried yadda yadda yadda?
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
would you like to commend some office fix software to me ?
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When I get problems such as this I spend minutes/hours/days/whatever Googling such words as 'doc file' and 'corrupted' in a 'search within'....almost always there's someone else with an identical issue...and a posted solution....
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I would try this here and see if it works? I've heard it does. But have never had to use it myself...

WWW Link

SGT  
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I guess the real question is "Are the documetns corrupted or is Word corrupted?"

Have you done a Word repair (under the Help menu of Word 2003 and XP)?  Have you tried to open the fiels witha  different Office app?  Word on a different PC?  Wordpad?  Notepad?  Google Docs and Spreadsheets?

[This is a good lesson on making backups for those that don't.  I *really* like KeepSafe by Stardock]
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I *really* like KeepSafe by Stardock

Your horse may already have bolted but yes, Keepsafe is worth its weight in gold...

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Hi,

There is a tool called Advanced Word Repair. I have used it to repair many corrupt Word documents on my damaged disks successfully. Its homepage is http://www.datanumen.com/awr/

Alan
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
Few weeks ago my word file get corrupted.My colleague suggests me to use the Stellar Phoenix word recovery software.I recovered all my data.This software recover and repair corrupted Microsoft Word documents.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And has anyone thought how all this is related to WindowFX? Because that's the forum category it's been posted to and I can't find it anywhere in the thread :NOTSURE:
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And has anyone thought how all this is related to WindowFX? Because that's the forum category it's been posted to and I can't find it anywhere in the threa
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