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From: "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot on 26 Mar 2010 05:38 More and more often there are problems with corrupt files on USB sticks - and they are very difficult, if not impossible, to recover. Corrupt zip files (which is what .docx fles are under the covers) have little or no salvageable content. The reasons for this are very different from what they used to be and, whilst it is still not a good idea to save direct to removable media, it is also very important that USB sticks are 'safely removed'. People, especially young people, seem to think they can just plug and unplug these things without problem - maybe that should be the case, but, sadly, it isn't. If you don't have a backup, you are probably out of luck. -- Enjoy, Tony www.WordArticles.com "sbr4tdy" <sbr4tdy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:84BDDFF4-E497-4954-AFBC-E02C5E0BE41D(a)microsoft.com... > .docx > usb stick > my son saved it > > "macropod" wrote: > >> Hi sbr4tdy, >> >> What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you >> have backups - if not, why not? >> >> -- >> Cheers >> macropod >> [Microsoft MVP - Word] >> >> >> "sbr4tdy" <sbr4tdy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:BC213F22-5D4B-4E07-86A4-8AC6048B839B(a)microsoft.com... >> > Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the >> > data? >> > Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - >> > outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to >> > lose >> > it all..... >> . >>
From: macropod on 26 Mar 2010 06:29
Hi Tony, It might still be possible to recover the content from one of Word's deleted tmp files. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "Tony Jollans" <My forename at my surname dot com> wrote in message news:u0DglgMzKHA.5936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > More and more often there are problems with corrupt files on USB sticks - > and they are very difficult, if not impossible, to recover. Corrupt zip > files (which is what .docx fles are under the covers) have little or no > salvageable content. > > The reasons for this are very different from what they used to be and, > whilst it is still not a good idea to save direct to removable media, it is > also very important that USB sticks are 'safely removed'. People, especially > young people, seem to think they can just plug and unplug these things > without problem - maybe that should be the case, but, sadly, it isn't. > > If you don't have a backup, you are probably out of luck. > > -- > Enjoy, > Tony > > www.WordArticles.com > > "sbr4tdy" <sbr4tdy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:84BDDFF4-E497-4954-AFBC-E02C5E0BE41D(a)microsoft.com... >> .docx >> usb stick >> my son saved it >> >> "macropod" wrote: >> >>> Hi sbr4tdy, >>> >>> What file format - doc/docx? Is this on your HDD or a USB stick? Do you >>> have backups - if not, why not? >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> macropod >>> [Microsoft MVP - Word] >>> >>> >>> "sbr4tdy" <sbr4tdy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:BC213F22-5D4B-4E07-86A4-8AC6048B839B(a)microsoft.com... >>> > Hours of work - it will not open. Is there a workaround to get to the >>> > data? >>> > Please - I am computer literate - just tell me how to get to the data - >>> > outside word? outside microsoft - I can reformat it just don't want to >>> > lose >>> > it all..... >>> . >>> > |