How do I open a word document that has been corrupted ?

Question

My daughters zip drive from school now has a word doc file name as just a square, she needs these files for a final year project, otherwise many hours wasted. Another file is now titled "ð¤Óí▒ß."

Any help would be much appreciated!!! When I go to copy it elsewhere it says cannot - The file or directory is corrupted or unreadable.

Answer 1

if it is corrupted i wouldn't touch it .. sorry

Answer 2

Thats the problem with computers these days...

Once a file's been corrupted, especially a word file, theres next to nothing you can do to get it back.

Sorry

Answer 3

When you say zip drive, do you mean a modern flash / pen drive or the original Zip drive?  If it is an old-style Zip drive, unless you can open other files on it alright, you might need to load (or re-load) the drivers on to your system.  If it is a modern flash drive, then normally, if a file is corrupted by a Microsoft program error, Word tries to repair it and offers you this version next time you open any Word document (on the same computer).  So there might be a chance of finding this if your daughter goes back to the computer she was working on at school.  However, if the file has been corrupted by a virus or similar, I'm afraid it might be irretrievable.  If your system has first class protection you can try running full scans, but it’s a very long shot.

I’ve just found this web page which seems to offer some other possibilities and it might be worth a look before she has to start again.

http://www.tech-pro.net/how-to-word-docu...

I don't wish to lecture, but the secret is backup, backup, backup.  It has saved me several times.