Corrupt Document

[rhennessy@nyc.rr.com]

Hi Folks

I created a 3 page document in Writer, saved it in a folder for future reference.
Three days later I went to open it and as you can see in the attached, it's totally corrupted. I don't know how to retrieve it or if that is even possible

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Windows 10
Open Office 4.1.5

[RoryOF]

Nothing in it - only 54 bytes in size, much too small.

You possibly powered off the computer before the file was written in full.

[rhennessy@nyc.rr.com]

Thanks folks....not the answer I wanted but, you could be right
Bob H

[RoryOF]

Your file has been damaged, perhaps because of over hasty close down of the computer before internal housekeeping was complete. Experience tells us that there will be nothing usable in your damaged file, particularly as it is so small

See this link for information on recovery:
[Tutorial] How to find and un-delete Writer temporary files

If that desn't work, as soon as possible do the following:

Download Recuva or PhotoRec (only one needed) and let it do an indepth recovery of deleted files on your computer. You may get a file containing some or all of your data (or not). Do this as a first priority; other use of the computer may overwrite any existing but deleted files and prevent their recovery. There is no guarantee that you will recover anything useful.

Do the above soonest!