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Use RepairMyExcel To Fix “Unable To Read File” Error

Microsoft Excel File Damage

Excel is a convenient, powerful, and popular spreadsheet application published by Microsoft and part of the Microsoft Office suite. Many individuals as well as business users take advantage of the tools that it has to offer. Like a lot of application files and documents, though, .xls files can become corrupt or damaged to an extent that they can not be opened or worked with in any way. This can happen because of a failing hard drive, errors within the Windows registry, failed downloads, and infection with spyware or viruses.

Repair My Excel Introduction

Repair My Excel is an equally powerful application that can be used to recover damaged or corrupt .xls files. It is particularly useful when trying to combat errors such as “The document is corrupt and cannot be opened” and the alarmingly regular “Unable to read file” error. These are both experienced when the file you are attempting to open has become corrupt.

Preview Files With The Free Trial Version

In order to start using Repair My Excel you should first download the free trial version. This is actually the main application but is feature limited so that you can determine whether the application will indeed be able to recover your corrupt .xls files. If you are able to see a preview of the file within the Repair My Excel application then you will be able to recover the file, otherwise it has become too damaged or corrupt to perform a recovery operation.

Find The Corrupt Excel File

Once you have opened the application click the Open File button. A file explorer window will display enabling you to browse your system and any attached media in order to find the corrupt Excel file. Select the file as prompted in the software.

A Preview Means The File Can Be Recovered

Once you have selected the corrupt .xls file you should be able to preview its contents within the main preview pane of the Repair My Excel file. As mentioned above, if you can view the preview then you can recover the file. On very rare occasions the file may have become so corrupt that it simply cannot be recovered by Repair My Excel or by any other data recovery application. If this is true then you will not be able to see a preview of the file at this stage.

Purchase A License Key To Proceed With Recovery

If you are able to see the preview and you want to to recover the file then you will need to purchase a license key and register the software. Once registered you will be able to take advantage of the recovery procedures as follows:

l        Save File As... - this is the main recovery option. You can save the recovered version of your file to any area on your system or other storage device as a clean .xls file that can be opened and edited as normal. This is the option that most users will choose when attempting to recover a file after receiving the “Unable to read file” error.

l        Print – if you don't need to access the file and simply want a print out of the contents of the spreadsheet then the Print option is obviously your best choice. This works in the same way as the print option within Excel itself. In most cases, though, it is likely that you will want to be able to save the file first for future use or to edit the contents.

Repair My Excel Data Recovery Conclusion

Repair My Excel is a powerful data recovery tool designed to assist users recover damaged or corrupt Excel files. As with many other GetData recovery tools the trial version of the software quickly and easily enables you to locate the file you want to recover and see a preview of its contents. If the preview is available then the file can be recovered otherwise it is too damaged to be recovered. Purchasing a license key further enables you to save a copy of the recovered file or print the contents. Registering is an instant process so as soon as you purchase the license you will be able to recover all the corrupt Excel files you want.

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