another corrupt excel file

bikefreak · 09-13-07, 12:38 PM

This is the third excel file that has failed to open. The message I get is "An error occurred while opening 'Mileage Log.xls"

The other files where not very important, but this one I don't want to lose. Has anyone else had this problem? All the other excel files open fine. And is there a way to fix it. I would hate to lose all this data. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have an X51v running WM5.

Julie · 09-13-07, 12:58 PM

Are you able to open this file on your computer?

bikefreak · 09-13-07, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Julie

Are you able to open this file on your computer?

Nope, when I try to transfer the file it gives me an error that says end of file has
been reached. If I could just get the corrupted file to transfer then I could try some excel file fixer program, but I can't even get that far.

Jogga · 09-13-07, 01:22 PM

Where is the file; is it in the main memory or on a card? If it is on a card, perhaps a card reader might do the trick (to open on your pc). If not, open Explorer on the pda and try to copy the file to a new location and see if you can open it that way.

On edit: may be worth trying a soft reset to see if it is Excel rather than the file.

Julie · 09-13-07, 01:26 PM

You should not have to transfer the file (through an ActiveSync connection?) to read it on your computer. Can you copy it to an SD card, then use a USB card reader to copy it to your computer.

Even if the file is in a pocket version, Excel on my computer can open these files so, technically, they do not have to converted through ActiveSync.

julie

bikefreak · 09-13-07, 01:35 PM

The file is on my SD card. I put it in my card reader and tried using a couple shareware programs to recover the file and both failed. hmmmm......

Jogga · 09-13-07, 01:37 PM

Were the other failed files on your SD Card? This may be a card problem rather than an Excel issue.