File corruption can strike in a multitude of ways – whether spyware, hardware failure, application instability, or otherwise malicious intent. Finding your 100+ page thesis is unable to be opened by Microsoft Word is heart attack inducing even for the most calm of individuals. Thankfully, you’ve got options!
File Repair can aid in repairing
- corrupted Word documents (.doc, .docx, .docm, .rtf)
- corrupted Excel spreadsheets (.xls, .xla, .xlsx)
- corrupted Zip or RAR archives (.zip, .rar)
- corrupted videos (.avi, .mp4, .mov, .flv, .wmv, .asf, .mpg)
- corrupted JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG or RAW images (.jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .tiff, .bmp, .png)
- corrupted PDF documents (.pdf)
- corrupted Access databases (.mdb, .mde, .accdb, .accde)
- corrupted PowerPoint presentations (.ppt, .pps, .pptx)
- corrupted music (.mp3, .wav)
The procedure is simple – through the interface browse for the corrupt file and click Start Repair. The process log will be displayed below which will give some indications of exactly what is going on and how successful the process is. Finally, the corrected file will be saved in the same directory location as the original corrupted file, but with a different file name.
The repair process is initiated in a singular fashion – so if you have a lot of files it can become a bit tedious. It should also be said, File Repair is not a miracle worker, it will only recover as much of the data as possible. As with any type of corruption, in all likelihood you will have lost at least something.
