How to recover corrupt MS Word file?
I get this error when I try to open MS Word file.
Got this message when I tried the recovery option.
I Googled the error and found couple of recovery software --> Kernal for Word File Repair and Repair My Word. But both didn't work!
Found this in Microsoft community. But when I opened the Word file in Notepad++, there were only 145 columns in Line 2!
Would love some help to recover my assignment (which is due in two days! )
Solution 1:
Search for a backup copy of an unsaved Word 2007 document
- Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
- In the Navigation Pane, click Save.
- In the AutoRecover file location box, note the path, and then click Cancel.
- Close Word.
- Open the folder that you noted in step 3.
- Look for files whose names end in .asd (AutoRecover files).
Word 2013 Autorecover functionality
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Open a Word document.
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Click File to go to Backstage View.
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Go to Manage Versions and click on it.
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Click Recover unsaved documents. A dialog box pops up which presents you with list of unsaved documents that can be recovered.
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Select the document you want to recover.
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Click Open. The unsaved document opens and you are presented with an option to save the document
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Click Save As to save the document.
Recover Word document in Google Docs
- Upload the corrupted Word document to Google Drive.
- Right-click on the document and select Open with -> Google Docs. Google Docs will convert the document to its own document format for editing in Google Docs.
- From the open document in Google Docs select File -> Download as -> Microsoft Word (.docx). Google Docs will convert the document to .docx format.
- Open the .docx document that you downloaded from Google Drive in Word.
Google Docs does a good job of converting documents to .docx format. The two file conversions in Google Docs may remove whatever there is in your original Word document that was causing the problem. This method also works for recovering corrupted .odt format documents.