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Imagine the frustration of an employee if an Excel workbook he took hours to complete became corrupted for some reason threatening to erase all the data saved in it. Not just that, a corrupted Excel workbook can wreak havoc for the organization too since it poses a risk of permanently deleting critical business information like work records or employee trackers.
Unless a backup of all important Excel files exists, recovering data lost due to damage / corruption to them is next to impossible. However, we’ve conducted some research and found out some pretty neat hacks to help you extract data from corrupt excel files without much hassle.
As we always point out, to solve a problem for good, getting to its root is imperative. Here are the main reasons that cause Excel file corruption. Knowing these reasons can help you keep Excel corruption at bay for a considerably long time.
Depending upon the extent of damage, there can be several ways to perform corrupt Excel file repair.
There are a couple of manual methods that can help you repair corrupt Excel files.
Note: It is important to note that saving an Excel workbook in HTML format causes loss of features like custom views, scenarios, unused styles or number formats, natural language formulas, data consolidation settings, custom function categories, etc. In SLK format only the active worksheet is saved so if using this method, you’ll need to repeat these steps for each worksheet.
Note: This method will cause much of your formatting, formulas, and more to be lost.
Note: With this method, VBA code cannot be recovered due to incompatibility between OpenOffice.org and Excel.
If you find the above methods confusing, or you wish to perform Excel file repair without having to face any data and formula loss, or you cannot achieve the desired results with any of these methods, stop wasting any more time with methods that will only frustrate you more. Instead, download the sure-shot solution for dealing with severe Excel corruption –Stellar Repair for Excel and relax!
Stellar Repair for Excel is the best choice for repairing corrupt or damaged Excel (.XLS/.XLSX) files and restoring everything to a new blank Excel file. This competent software can skillfully repair single as well as multiple XLS/XLSX files while preserving worksheet properties and cell formatting. If you have this product by your side, you don’t need to worry about Excel corruption errors ever again.
To Conclude
Instead of giving up on corrupted Excel sheets, try repairing them with the simple tricks we’ve described. And if they don’t work, keep calm and turn to Stellar Repair for Excel.
Priyanka is a technology expert working for key technology domains that revolve around Data Recovery and related software's. She got expertise on related subjects like SQL Database, Access Database, QuickBooks, and Microsoft Excel. Loves to write on different technology and data recovery subjects on regular basis. Technology freak who always found exploring neo-tech subjects, when not writing, research is something that keeps her going in life.
We are facing Excel file corrupt problem from last 2 days. We already tried all manual solutions, but no recover data yet.
Please provide another manual way to recover data.
If Excel fails to open the file then disable the automatic calculation and follow these steps:
(a) Open New Workbook
(b) Go to Tools Menu > Choose Options > Click on the Calculation Tab
(c) In the Calculation section > Click on Manual
(d) Click Ok
Now, try to open the corrupted workbook. If the same error occurs again, then go to Repair corrupt Excel file tool (Stellar Repair for Excel).
You can follow below process.
Few days back, my Excel file got corrupted. After reading this blog post I get to know the reasons and solutions for Excel file repair. I’ve not tried manual method because it needs technical expertise. So, to avoid technical knowledge I have used Stellar Repair for Excel and save my time & efforts.
We respect your concern for data safety. In the manual method, you can’t make sure 100% data safety & availability.
Hi,
I have one file and I tried all way to open it, but I am unable to.
Can I use the software demo version for the severely damaged file?
Please help
Hi Muzammil,
You can scan corrupt excel file in a demo version without limitations like file size, credit card details or severely damaged file.
Download the software and do all experiments to judge the performance of the software.
But, this tool is not a freeware.
But, you can verify the performance of software using a free demo.
Tried repairing my corrupt .xls file using the inbuilt repair module of excel but it did not work. After using the demo version of Stellar Repair for Excel , I bought it and repaired my spreadsheet with it.
Brilliant software, my file is back to its original shape.
Hi Gerard,
You can also try this one tool to fix an unknown error.