Ok, looks like the previous post did the trick. It took a while to download
the file, but it got everything working again. Thanks -

"Ken Wright" wrote:

How big is your file? If not some monster then feel free to shoot it over to me
and I'll give it a go for you. Both Excel XP and Excel 2003 have 'open and
repair' options that do as you wish, though Open Office still opens more than
Excels repair utility does in my experience. Need to take the nospam out of my
addy.

Sometimes though you can only recover actual data and not formulas or code etc.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"cpayne1757" wrote in message
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Hi ~

I have an Excel 2000 data file that is corrupt and I can't open it with the
usual steps (e.g. excel viewer, web file save, linking, etc.) Now, when I
try demo versions of some advertised file recovery utilities, they seem to
work, but since it's only a demo download, I can't get more than a few lines
of the spreadsheet. Retail costs vary for the utilities, around $200-300+.

I find it incredible that MICROSOFT does not have a similar FREE utility
that can be used to recover data files, but that several 3rd party companies
are more than ready to cash in on these situations.

Does anyone have a shareware / free utility that can be used to fix an Excel
file 100%? I have not seen anything offered from Microsoft, but if anyone
knows of such a utility, please let me know. I'm unable to afford the retail
price for this kind of assistance, but sure could use some help.

Thanks -


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