subject: Perform Excel Repair In Case Of Inaccessible Database Files! [print this page] Excel spreadsheets are stored in XLS format, this file format is widely acclaimed in the global corporate environment. Right from a marketing professional to an accountant, Excel files are used for tabulating and calculating entire routine work. Although, there are situation when user confront with serious damage in their Excel files, the application can get struck in middle and makes entire user data inaccessible.
Damage issues can vary, in some cases the user is unable see or make changes in the Excel file data or it becomes completely orphaned. Therefore, it is advisable to make use of a backup file available for Excel data. This can help user in retaining data and making it accessible for users. In any case if the backup of data is unavailable user can make of use of automatic recovery option which repair the Excel damage and reopen the document.
To make use of automatic repair tool the following steps can be undertaken:
1. Click Open on the File Menu.
2. Go to the Open dialog box and make selection for the file to be opened, now click the arrow next to the Open button.
3. Choose open and repair and select the method required to recover the workbook.
The above method has proved to be beneficial in several cases of Excel corruption, but sometimes disk or network error restrict user to open the file. For this, file should be removed to a different hard disk drive before the recovery methods are initiated.
For extreme damage condition it is advisable to make use of third party XLS repair utility. RecoveryFIX for Excel Repair has proved to be an excellent file repair solution. It can retrieve data from damaged XLS file in a fraction of seconds. The tool embeds a self-descriptive graphical user-interface and impeccably repairs damaged Excel file due to virus contamination, bad sectors on storage media, damage in file header and much more. XLS repair is a viable solution when a user is struck with inaccessible Excel file data. It will retrieve every bit of damaged data and create new Excel file at a user-defined location.
As soon the Excel file is struck with corruption it will make entire user data inaccessible or completely damaged. To avoid data loss issues with Excel files users are advisable to save a backup copy each time data is saved. Back up for specific file can be created by selecting save as option present in the dialog box. In save as file command, click tool> click General Option and then select Always create backup check box. After this user will be guaranteed with another copy of data and is kept safe.
Moreover MS Excel can automatically create file recovery at a specific time interval each time user has created an Excel file. These precautionary guidelines can help a great deal in minimizing the data loss conditions. To avoid disastrous data loss issues user can comply with manual methods and ensure utmost safety of information stored in Excel files.
