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PeterRee Posted on May 24, 2015

How to repair and recover corrupt MS excel file? I am unable to open corrupt MS Excel file due to virus infected, I have crucial Workbook sheet got lost, so how to get back corrupted MS Excel file. Please help me.

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Excel file can be repaired manually if it is less corrupted but Open and Repair program doesn't work if highly damaged due to corruptions. I searched for solutions to repair corrupt Excel file and found one solution which is full of information and provides a guaranteed solution. I am sharing this solution with all the users -Excel Repair Toolbox. Follow the exact steps given in this programm and you will be able to access the data. Download Microsoft Excel Repair tool

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In order to repair corrupted Excel Workbook try running the Open and Repair utility, well, it is seen in many cases this fails to repair corrupted Excel workbook, so in this case revert the workbook to last saved version, or else set the automatic calculation to manual as the workbook won't be recalculated and may open.

Hope doing this works for you.

Source: http://www.repairmsexcel.com/blog/recover-corrupted-excel-workbook

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MS Excel File corruption is very difficult situation for any user because due to corruption user unable to retrieve the stored data and their properties. This corruption generally comes because of virus attack or due to some other reasons. But you can repair all the corruption of excel file. By using Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair is a powerful tool and embedded with a strong algorithm which can recover your data from damaged, inaccessible and corrupted excel files (.xls and .xlsx ). With this Excel file recovery Software restore all the data back as it is before such as formulas, images, charts, clip art, flow charts, text, worksheets etc.

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You can try an another advanced third party Excel repair software for fix corrupt excel file data. It helps you to repair/recover inaccessible XLs or XLs file data and make them accessible by converting new accessible file format. The software recovers all deleted data from excel file without facing any difficulty. Download free Excel repai tool from here-
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You are repair corrupt excel files manually but some time you should not repair all excel file then after you don't worry. You can resolve this problem with the help of third party professional Excel Repair Tool that can be fix and repair corrupt or damaged MS Excel files. Using this proficient utility, you can successfully repair corrupt and damaged records created using any of these versions MS Excel 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, XP, 2000, 97 and 95. There are various reasons that could lead to the damage of the MS Excel files for example Virus attack, media corruption and any other reasons. If you know more about this tool you can also download free trial version from here : http://www.datarepairtools.com/excel-recovery.html

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