Help Please... MS Word document recovery > General Discussion

Posted: 5/21/2007 7:37:35 AM EDT

I was working on an important document... MS Word 2003... energy surge shut down my router while attempting to save document. The autosave feature doesn't work worth a shit either.

The only files I can find are: Rescued document.txt WTF?

How the hell do I restore this... anyone know how? please if you do know. Tried almost everthing possible.

-Mike

Posted: 5/21/2007 7:50:12 AM EDT

[#1]

Change the file name to .doc instead of .txt and open it.

Posted: 5/21/2007 7:54:36 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Change the file name to .doc instead of .txt and open it.

Still comes back with a bunch of question marks and squares all over the document. Some of the text from 1 page is still there and I might be able to copy some of it, but it doesn't look good right now.

Posted: 5/21/2007 8:01:33 AM EDT

[#3]

tried to Google Rescued Document.txt and only got 1 article that refers to Word 97. Jesus H. Christ!

Posted: 5/21/2007 8:12:37 AM EDT

[#4]

Not sure if you have this option on the version you are using, when you are in the open file dialog box select the file, click the arrow on the open button and choose "open and repair".

Posted: 5/21/2007 8:15:43 AM EDT

[#5]

Or,

Things to Try If the Document Opens and It Shows Unexpected Behavior
Save the Document to Another File Format, and Then Convert It Back to Word
This method is the most complete document recovery method. Always try this method first.

Save the document in a different file format. Try to save the document either as Rich Text Format (.rtf) or a Web page (.html). These formats preserve the formatting in your Word document.

After you save the document in a different file format, close the document, reopen the document in Word, and then save it as a Word document (.doc). If this method is successful, the file damage was removed during conversion.

If the damage persists, try to save the file in another file format. Try to save your file in the following file formats, in the following order:

• Rich Text Format (.rtf)
• Web page (.html)
• Any other word processing format
• Text only (.txt)

Note When you save files in Text Only format, you may correct the document damage problem. However, all document formatting, graphics, and macro code are lost. When you save files in Text Only format, you must do reformatting. Therefore, use this Text Only format only after other file formats do not correct the problem.

Posted: 5/21/2007 8:47:29 AM EDT

[#6]

thanks man... didn't work but was worth the try. I'm just simply screwed. Open and repair just restores copy before I made any changes to it.

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