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.
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Enjoy,
Tony
www.WordArticles.com
"sbr4tdy" wrote in message
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.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?
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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]
"sbr4tdy" wrote in message
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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.....
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