Excel files show 'unrecognizable format' & Word files are 'decoded

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Shawaz

For some reason all my Excel files will not open and 'The File is not in an
unrecognizable format' is being displayed. I have tried renaming the files
and saving with a different extention, but this does not work. I am also
having problems with opening my Word files every time I try to open a file
the a pop up displaying the following 'select the coding that makes your
document readable' appears. Please help, as I have lots of work on the Excal
and Word files and no back up!! Many thanks.
 
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DatabaseBen

maybe a chkdsk and fix errors might help.
right click on the drive, select properties
for the option. if you can enable to start
chkdsk on next boot, then select it and reboot.

see what happens then...
 
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