ZM1986 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I'm having a problem with restored document files. My documents (MsWord) show recovered, the file names are intact, but when I attempt to open them in word, word keeps asking me to select the encoding that makes the file readable. Regardless of what I select, the files are unreadable. I've checked the faq, but didn't see anything related to this :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted November 21, 2017 Moderators Share Posted November 21, 2017 a recovered file is no guarantee that the file is now not corrupted. numerous factors are involved in file recovery, and in my opinion, a vast amount of luck as well. factors like the size of the file, FAT versus NTFS, the fragmentation state of the file, disk usage and a bunch of others. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesliegug Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 So is there not anything one can do to open their Word files? This makes me feel like Recuva is not worth the $$. I have PDF, Excel etc that I cannot open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted January 7, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 7, 2018 Recuva recovers (copies) whatever is at the clusters at the address held in the file header. Word will attempt to open the file, and if the file isn't in Word format then it will fail. As Mta said, what is the file system, how long has it been since the file was deleted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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