Workbook corrupt! What to do?

Like any other computer file, an Excel workbook is also prone to corruption. A few reasons for its corruption could be virus infection, sudden system shutdown, application malfunction, power failure, etc. Damage to workbook may prove disastrous as you may not be able to access the data saved in the workbook, anymore. It is therefore recommended to maintain a backup file to use it at the time of data loss. But, if unfortunately, you do not have any backup for the workbook data, then you need a high-quality Excel File Repair software to retrieve your data.

For instance – You created a workbook in which you have stored your valuable official information. On trying to open the workbook, you receive the following error message:

Cannot find the file or one of its components. Make sure the path and filenames are correct and that all required libraries are available.

After this error message, the workbook file may not open or may display some invalid or strange characters. Consequently, the data stored in the workbook becomes inaccessible.

Cause:
This error message may occur if the workbook file is corrupted or damaged.

Resolution:
Data retrieval from workbook becomes important as it contains your valuable information. Following measures can be used to recover the contents of the spreadsheet.

• Use Microsoft Office Application Recovery tool to recover the data from workbook.
• Use 'Open and Repair' tool.
• Try to save the file in HTML format.
• Try to save the file in XML spreadsheet format.
• Use a macro to extract the data from the chart in a workbook.

In most cases, you would be able to solve the issue using these measures.

However, if the problem still persists and you badly require the workbook, then you need to use an Repair Excel software to retrieve your data from the corrupted Excel file. You must ensure that the repair software is a reliable application that scans and Repairs Excel File by employing high-end scanning mechanisms. The repair tools must restore the data from the Excel file without any modifications or alterations in the original contents of the file. Also, the utility should offer interactive graphical user interface that makes repair procedure user-friendly, self-explanatory and does not require any prior technical skills.