how to recover a currupt file

[mizzh]

I am on microsoft word with vista.I have saved a file onto my usb and tried
to open it again and the bottom half of the file is coming up in a series of
numbers and letters. Corrupt? Can you help

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Don't try to open it directly from the USB drive. Copy it to the internal HD
and then open it. Beyond that, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

 

[JoAnn Paules]

The first thing you need to know is that you shouldn't open a file from
removeable media or save a file directly to removeable media. Doing so is
just asking to corrupt that file.

I assume you don't have another copy of that file?

 

[Terry Farrell]

Never save Word to any type of removable media. Always save to your local
HDD and then COPY to the rem media. You unfortunately have learnt the hard
way as it sounds like you have a corrupted file.