"Damage to the file was so extensive that repairs were not possible"

[AccessGuy]

Good Afternoon,

I received a "Damage to the file was so extensive that repairs were
not possible" error message when opening a workbook in Excel 2003

Article ID : 820712 had a workaround suggesting I use Excel 200 to
access the file which worked but I was wondering if anyone has come
across this error before and has a more permanent solution. Thank you
all in advance for any assistance offered.

 

[Jon Peltier]

The other option is to retrieve a recent backup version of the file. The
risk is that whatever happened to corrupt the file may already have
occurred.

Another approach may be to save the file as HTML, then reopen it. I'm not
sure how faithful an HTML save is, however, and whether it saves intricate
features like controls or conditional formatting.

- Jon

 

[fyz]

Good Afternoon,

I received a "Damageto the file was so extensive that repairs were
not possible" error message when opening a workbook inExcel2003

Article ID : 820712 had a workaround suggesting I useExcel200 to
access the file which worked but I was wondering if anyone has come
across this error before and has a more permanent solution.  Thank you
all in advance for any assistance offered.

Maybe you can try a popular Excel file recovery tool called Advanced
Excel Repair to repair your Excel file. It is a powerful tool to
repair corrupt or damaged Excel files.

Detailed information about Advanced Excel Repair can be found at
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And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/aer.exe

Alan