How to recover a corrupted odt file?

davidwangxs · 02-04-2013, 11:10 AM

Due to an unexpected shutdown of my computer, one of my .odt files has corrupted. Currently its size is shown to be 0 bytes. The file is completely empty. Anybody know it is possible to recover the file? Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Kustom42 · 02-04-2013, 11:35 AM

Open Office should prompt you for an automatic recovery when you re-launch the application if it can be recovered. That is the only way I have ever recovered documents with OpenOffice and it has always worked. If the file size is 0 bytes and you don't see a tmp file created your data is more than likely gone.

davidwangxs · 02-04-2013, 11:42 AM

The automatic recovery didn't work. A tmp file was created, but couldn't find related file. I don't know why my data was gone so easily. Really no way to find my data?

Kustom42 · 02-04-2013, 02:04 PM

If the auto recover failed and you dont have a known good copy of the file then yes, your data is essentially gone.

davidwangxs · 02-04-2013, 03:56 PM

I have found a 8.5kb size of copy of the file, but couldn't open it with LibreOffice correctly. What's the problem?

frankbell · 02-04-2013, 09:34 PM

You might try opening that tmp file with a text editor; there might be something salvageable there. Text editors will sometimes work when there are formatting errors that will keep a word processor from opening the file. Be prepared to wade through a lot of formatting gibberish to find the actual text.

If a previous version of the file was not saved before the shutdown, there may not be much more that can be done to save it.

barten · 03-06-2013, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by davidwangxs

Due to an unexpected shutdown of my computer, one of my .odt files has corrupted. Currently its size is shown to be 0 bytes. The file is completely empty. Anybody know it is possible to recover the file? Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

There is no better solution to recover a corrupted ODT file except a third-party recovery software. I have also faced such situation in my past. After trying every possible steps to no avail, I looked forward for some third-party recovery software. I found SysInfoTools OpenOffice Writer Repair software best for me. I used its demo version first. I saw my original ODT file in preview session. Then I bought its full version and saved my recovered file. You may also check its demo version. It's free. Go and get it.
Regards.

Jan K. · 04-12-2023, 04:27 AM

Finally a solution found after ten years...

Sounds like an ad though?

fatmac · 04-12-2023, 05:55 AM

Sorry, but this proves the necessity of always having back ups - every time I save my spreadsheet, I also save a back up copy.

pan64 · 04-12-2023, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan K.

Finally a solution found after ten years...

Sounds like an ad though?

I guess that is just spam/ad of a windows only payware software. reported