I used Recua to recover my files in documents folder.i recovered all my files,but alas! The files could not be opened in Microsoft Word 2007.A message appeared that the files are corrupted and Word cannot open.All are document files I was eagerly waiting for. Can any member/readers explain to me what went wrong and how I could open the files to carry on with my work.I shall be grateful for any solution to this problem. email address removed by moderator to prevent user being spammed
Files get deleted and sometimes their clusters allocations are reused by Windows for other files.
When this happens files recovered with Recuva are corrupted hence applications cannot handle them.
This is the main reason why if you delete something from the system drive you must recover it asap.
If you've deleted a folder then check the Recycle Bin, if you've emptied the bin then look for delete files inside C:\Recycler\S-1-5-???\ (or C:\Recycled if you're using fat32).
Also Microsoft Word creates temporary files when documents are open if you're lucky you may find some copies to recover from.
Richard S.