Corrupt File need help

[Stuperfied]

Spent 2 days editing a file and being very careful to save as I go. Didnt bother to create a backup myself as I know openoffice auto backups. During an auto save our air conditioner kicked in and caused a drop in power. My program stopped responding so I left it overnight. Came back in the morning and all I had was my wallpaper and mouse. Restarted the computer and tried to open my file. Was presented with a notice box telling me my file was locked by unknown user. Followed instructions to remove lock by deleting *.lock**** or whatever its called. Tried to open my file and got a text import dialogue which when i click ok, gets me a blank sheet. Tried looking in backup which lists *.ods_0.ods and *.ods_1.ods, first is 2k other is same as original file 2889kb, first one obviously goes nowhere, second one is same as original document.

Tried following http://free-data-recovery.blogspot.com/ ... ffice.html but cant find the zip.exe mentioned. All I could find was a latest version (some wiz.exe program) and binaries. Wiz.exe said my .ods was not a valid archive so i created a new .ods to see if Wiz.exe would open it and it did.

So, this is where im up to now. Any ideas on fixing my obviously corrupted zip file?

[acknak]

Greetings and welcome to the community forum. Sorry you're having trouble with your file.

The simplest way to proceed is if you can upload the damaged file to a file sharing site somewhere and give us a link to it. For tips on posting large or confidential documents, see: [Forum] How to attach a document here

[Stuperfied]

Thank you very much for your fast response. Im currently looking for a site as you suggested.

[Stuperfied]

Not sure if this will work but i removed the extension .ods so it wouldnt try to open it.

Here is the link. https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=2 ... nt=file%2c

Hope this works.

[acknak]

Ouch. Sorry to say, the file contains nothing but zeroes. There's no recoverable data there.

You should also check in the OO temporary files area--sometimes there is a copy of the working document left there.

Unfortunately I can't tell you exactly where to look for it. You can check in the OO settings under Tools > Options > OO > Paths > Temp files, then look in that folder to see if there are any files there.

[Stuperfied]

Thats a real shame, especially concidering what the file was. Tried the temp folder, not there. Thank you for your help anyway, if you think of anything else let me know.

[thinman3]

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