I did a recovery on my documents that were erased from my c drive in an unexpected shut down. Now the files are there but when I open them with word, it says file corrupt and wont open them. Is there anything I can do? I tried a document repair program but it says it doesn't recognize the file. Help?! These were my final papers for graduate school, due Saturday! -Freaking out!
Windows and Office versions?
Was the document .doc or .docx?
Was the document in question opened in Word at the time of the shutdown?
If so, did Word indicate there was an auto-recovery option available for that file when you first went back into Word?
I did a recovery on my documents that were erased from my c drive in an unexpected shut down.
You are theoretically wrong, and hopefully wrong in practice.
An unexpected shut down does not erase files (to erase means to over-write)
With a bit of luck your files may be in some state of limbo.
Just because Windows cannot see your files does not mean that they were deleted,
and just possibly they MIGHT be what Recuva calls "non-deleted".
Hopefully Recuva will work for you if you tick the box "Scan for non-deleted files", which you can get to via
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Regards
Alan