corrupted .docx file. Need help recovering

[richardjc]

I have a very important .docx file that has been corrupted (how, I d
not know).

I've tried various methods of recovery with no luck:
Changing extension to .zip (the document.xml file cannot be extracte
(and therefore opened). So, my guess is the zip file itself i
corrupted)
Used various .zip, .docx recovery tools all of which fail to retriev
anything, or only a few lines
Tried converting to .doc using various applications, all of whic
result only in errors (and a blank document)
I've tried searching my hard disk (using such applications as fil
scavenger, recuva etc.) to find older versions (*.docx, *.tmp, ~.*
[filename].*, *.wbk)
'Open and repair' option via Word 2007 itself

Im using Word 2007 with office service pack 1 installed.

Any other options, suggestions? I'll give a reward god dammit.

Thanks
Richard

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Richard,

When you try to open it in Word what is the exact error message you get?

Do you you have a website, blog, space, online workspace/file storage available where you can post a link to the damaged file?

Were you saving and working directly on your hard drive or was this an email attachment or on a removable drive? If on a removable
drive was that drive at some point removed/switched/unavailable?

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I have a very important .docx file that has been corrupted (how, I do
not know).

I've tried various methods of recovery with no luck:
Changing extension to .zip (the document.xml file cannot be extracted
(and therefore opened). So, my guess is the zip file itself is
corrupted)
Used various .zip, .docx recovery tools all of which fail to retrieve
anything, or only a few lines
Tried converting to .doc using various applications, all of which
result only in errors (and a blank document)
I've tried searching my hard disk (using such applications as file
scavenger, recuva etc.) to find older versions (*.docx, *.tmp, ~.*,
[filename].*, *.wbk)
'Open and repair' option via Word 2007 itself

Im using Word 2007 with office service pack 1 installed.

Any other options, suggestions? I'll give a reward god dammit.

Thanks
Richard>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[savedbev1999]

I'm having the same problem, I lost my docs. in a power outage. Can someone
please help my get my docs. back , they are for school. Thanks

 

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