subject: How to recover data from a corrupt PowerPoint file which you are not able to open [print this page] How to recover data from a corrupt PowerPoint file which you are not able to open
Microsoft PowerPoint is used by presenters across the world. More persuasive the presentation, more effectively your message would be received by the target audience. Users invest a large amount of time and efforts to build a PowerPoint presentation, and at times when they try and open it, they may fail miserably. They would either get an error or the file won't open at all. This abrupt behavior of a PowerPoint file can be attributed to corruption. Due to corruption, you are not able to access the vital slides and related information. In order to deal such issues and retrieve data, you can rely on an updated backup copy. However, if you don't have a backup, no need to worry. You can repair your corrupt PowerPoint presentation by using a powerpoint recovery software.
Sample this: You are working on a presentation for past three weeks. One the day of its completion, you save the changes and move it to a key drive. You cut it from your computer's hard drive and paste it on your USB. Next day, when you open the presentation from office. It won't open at all. As a result, all your hard work goes in vain since now you don't have the access to stored information.
Root of the problem
The above scenario indicates that your PowerPoint file has got corrupted. And, that's the reason why you are not able to open it.
A PowerPoint file stored in a USB has higher chances of getting corrupt if you pull the USB drive out of your computer without properly ejecting it. It has been observed many people don't follow the proper procedure while disconnecting a USB drive which can lead to major problems and pose danger to stored data.
Resolution
You must copy the corrupt file and paste it on your computer's hard drive followed by the below-mentioned Powerpoint recovery steps:
1.Drag the presentation to the PowerPoint program file
2.Double-click the PowerPoint presentation in Microsoft Windows Explorer
3.Try to insert slides into presentation
4.Try and open the presentation in PowerPoint Viewer
5.Move the presentation to another computer
If the above steps do not help you repair and recover a corrupt presentation file, you must download a reliable pptx recovery software from the Internet.
These third-party recovery utilities employ improved scanning algorithms to extract data from a corrupt .ppt or .pptx file. Being read-only, they do not modify the original content of the corrupt file.
