Excel Recover

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tecktalkcm0391
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Excel Recover

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Any ideas on why my excel file of 26,000+ KBs won't open. The program just freezes. If I do Defrag... It says it can defrag the excel file.....

I have to try come recovery steps, but I just wanted to get some info...
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Benjamin
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Re: Excel Recover

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Try opening it in open office.
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Re: Excel Recover

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Are .xls files not just a specially crafted CSV file? If they are plain text open it manually and make the nessecary fix...otherwise try different applications :banghead:
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Re: Excel Recover

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I think you can try a popular Excel file recovery tool called Advanced Excel Repair to repair your Excel file. It is a powerful tool to repair corrupt or damaged Excel files.

Detailed information about Advanced Excel Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/

And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/aer.exe

Alan
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