[Solved] Need to correctly repair/recover corrupted files

Aqua Trenoble · Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Posts: 3

So last night I saved my project before going to bed. Upon attempting to close "Impress," the program stopped responding and then closed. I wasn't concerned at the time, because I often have to force-close OpenOffice. This morning I tried to resume my project, only to find that OpenOffice tried a recovery of a document that was just saved and now finds the file to be corrupted. The file hasn't been wiped, as it still has 16.3 MB of data. I've had problems with the repair function in the past. Other people have mentioned that it can bring up a blank file but I've found that opening the supposedly corrupted file in another program brings up the file as it's supposed to be. So it seems that all I need is either an actually functional repair method or another program that opens .odp files. Can anyone help me with this problem?

mgroenescheij · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:56 pm Post subject:

Hi,

As you had corrupt files in the past I suppose you have learned from that experience.
You now have set Always create backup copy and Save AutoRecovery information every xx minutes
So have a look in your backup directory first.
If this doesn't help then copy your file and change the extension of your copy to .zip
Now you can unzip this file and find the content.xml here is where OpenOffice stores most of the information.

Martin
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Aqua Trenoble · Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Posts: 3

I don't think you quite understand. The other files weren't corrupt, OpenOffice just thought they were. And I did enable that backup option (a bit late, I'm afraid), but I looked everywhere and can't find the backup directory in Windows 7. I also was aware of the .zip trick but couldn't figure out how to implement that without opening the file and losing the data. So instead of copy/pasting responses from other threads, please give me information that I can work with.

mgroenescheij · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:09 am Post subject:

Hi,

Your backup files should be in the path defined in:
Tools --> Options ... OpenOffice.org Paths

Martin
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Greengiant224 · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:21 am Post subject:

Aqua Trenoble asked/requested:

Aqua Trenoble · Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Posts: 3

Ah, excellent. Thank you very much, that helped tremendously. Sorry if I came off as rude, I just hate it when people post the exact same solution that's in every thread without explaining how to do it.

mgroenescheij · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:18 pm Post subject:

Hi,