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Tutorial: How to recover a damaged Zip or Word file

<img src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7268/pcp302helpdesk2ziprepai.jpg"> If you've had problems with corrupt files, you'll know how annoying it can be. The following is an all-too common problem. "I recently had some problems with corrupt files. I'd archived some work to a flash drive. Believing it was no longer relevant, I deleted the original files and left my drive in a drawer." "Months later, I needed to refer back to them. I plugged in my drive and copied the files back to my PC. However, one of the Zip archives won't extract due to corruption, and I also can't access a Word file. Is there a way to get any data back?" Obviously you need to address how you archive older material to ensure that problems with physical media won't harm your data. Your story also highlights the need for multiple archived copies. Data corruption is frustrating because it's often caused by small failures in storage media that affect larger files by introducing frame shifts in the data, or removing essential information in file headers. This renders the files impossible to open in the conventional way. However, there are ways to access the remaining data and rescue at least some of the files. Let's start with the Word file. If it was a .doc file produced by a version of Word earlier than 2007, you may be able to rescue the text using Notepad. Launch Notepad and choose 'File | Open'. In the 'Open' dialog, change the file type to 'All Files' and browse to your .doc file. Select it and click 'Open'. Amid the mess of formatting characters, you'll find your original text – copy and paste it into a new document. Text recovered this way loses all formatting, plus any other elements in the file. For a more sophisticated method, try <a href="http://www.repairmyword.com/">Repair My Word</A>, a free download. Download and launch the executable, click 'Repair/open' and browse to the file you want to fix. Recovered text is displayed in the main window. Click 'Save' to save it as an RTF file. <img alt="Word repair" src="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2484/pcp302helpdesk2wordrepa.jpg" width="420"></IMG> Neither of these methods works on the newer .docx files. These are less vulnerable to corruption, but there's no simple, free method to get at the text if one is damaged. <a href="http://www.docxrepair.com/">Docx Repair</A> is available and costs $45 (around £28). You'll need to buy it to save recovered documents, but there's a free version that displays recovered text so you can check it works before you buy. You may have problems with Zip files, because they can contain multiple other files that are lost if you can't open the archive. <a href="http://www.diskinternals.com/zip-repair">DiskInternals Zip Repair</A> is available as a free download. It examines any archive, extracts usable data and creates a new copy that you can use to recover the files. Launch Zip repair and choose 'Next'. Browse to your damaged Zip file and open it. Provide a location and name for the repaired file and click 'Next'. The program then scans and fixes your archive, saving a new copy for you to open.

Tutorial: How to recover a damaged Zip or Word file

If you've had problems with corrupt files, you'll know how annoying it can be. The following is an all-too common problem. "I r...

How to Recover an Email With the Message ID Number

Navigate to the GMail log-in page.Enter your username and password and log in.In the search box at the top of the window, enter the ID number of the email you wish to recover. Click on the button labeled "Search Mail."Find and click on your email that you wish to recover in the search results. You've now recovered your email using the message ID number.Navigate to the Yahoo! mail log-in page.Log in with with your username and password.Type in the ID number of the email you wish to find in the search box at the top of the email screen. Then click on the button labeled "Mail Search."Find and click on your email that you wish to recover in the search results. You've now recovered your email using the message ID number.Navigate to the Windows Live Mail log in page.Enter your username and password and log in.Enter in the ID number of the email you need to find in the box labeled "Search email." Click the orange button with the magnifying glass icon to the right of the search box.Find and click on your email that you wish to recover in the search results. You've now recovered your email using the message ID number.

How to Recover an Email With the Message ID Number

Navigate to the GMail log-in page. Enter your username and password and log in. In the search box at the top of the window, enter the ID nu...

How to Recover an EDB to PST

Run the ExMerge utility by double-clicking the "Exmerge.exe" file, and click "Next" to begin the Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Wizard.Select the option "Extract or Import (Two Step Procedure)" and click "Next."Select the option "Step 1: Extract data from an Exchange Server Mailbox" and click "Next."Enter the name of the Microsoft Exchange Server that contains the .EDB to be recovered. For additional options, click the "Options" tab. Select the options desired, and hit "OK" to return to the previous screen. Click "Next."Select the database or databases to recover and click "Next."Select the mailboxes to be exported. Click one or as many mailboxes as needed and click "Next."Select the default locale and click "Next."Choose a folder to place the .PST file or files and click "Next."Save the settings for future use, or click "Next" to continue without saving the settings. You can use saved settings to run ExMerge in batch mode.Click "Finish" once the Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge Wizard has completed successfully. The exported .PST created will be in the folder location you specified.Open the Exchange Management Shell from an Exchange Server or client workstation by clicking "Start, "Programs," "Microsoft Exchange Server 2007" and "Exchange Management Shell."Create a folder where the exported .PST files are to be located -- for example, "C:\PSTs".Type: Get-Mailbox --Database <name of database/EDB> | Export-Mailbox --PSTFolderPath c:\PSTsOpen the folder C:\PSTs you specified in the "Export_Mailbox" command to access the now-exported PST file.

How to Recover an EDB to PST

Run the ExMerge utility by double-clicking the "Exmerge.exe" file, and click "Next" to begin the Microsoft Exchange Mai...

Hos to use scanpst to recover pst

Hos to use scanpst to recover pst

Close Outlook. Click the Windows "Start" button and type "Control Folders." Click "OK." This opens your Window...