Best Tools to Use for Repairing Corrupted Files on Windows

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All the files saved on your desktop is nothing but a set of data that has been carefully organized to ensure that the programs can open and read it. In case any data from a file goes missing, it becomes unreadable for your computer, and that’s what is known as ‘corrupted or damaged file.’ When this happens, you will see messages like:

The file is corrupt and cannot be opened.
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged.

There are various factors involved that lead to a corrupted or damaged file. Majorly the problem occurs while saving the file. Even a power loss or computer crash while saving a file can corrupt it. Poorly performing sectors on your hard drive or other storage media can also cause file corruption, even if the saving process finishes appropriately. At times, viruses and other malware can also be the culprit of file corruption.

Now that you know the reasons, here is a hard truth: repairing a corrupted or damaged file is problematic. There are minimum chances for the file to get fixed, and most of it depends on the flexibility of the file format, the amount of data went missing, and the smartness of the recovery software. If you are having troubles repairing a corrupted file on your Windows system, here are a few tools that you should try:

Repair Toolbox

Repair Toolbox offers solutions for the restoration of data from corrupted files of many different file types. It has over 20 single-purpose utilities, and each of these has been designed to repair different types of files. But it can get a little inconvenient if you try to install all the repair apps at once. It is better to install only the ones that you will need. All the utilities have a primary way of operating on your desktop. It starts with you pointing out the app to the broken file, adding a name for the resulting repaired file, and clicking on Repair. This app supports Word, Excel, OneNote, Photoshop, PDF, PowerPoint, Outlook, Illustrator, ZIP, RAR, and other formats.

Unfortunately, the Repair Toolbox charges a little amount for each utility. However, you can get access to the demo versions of each utility, but it has its set of restrictions. So, it is better to check the utilities first and then decide the ones you want on your PC.

Hetman File Repair

Hetman File Repair is not a specific file repair tool as it mainly aims at repairing broken image files, which isn’t as same as retrieving deleted photos or recovering photos from a corrupted device. Rather, it will help you repair and open an image file that fails to open. This tool can significantly repair corrupted JPEGs without hindering the image quality. It can also fix compressed and uncompressed TIFFs, BMPs, and PNGs without recompressing the image data.

You can use this tool even if you have never repaired a file before. This tool has a Wizard that opens up a list of steps to follow, making it easy for you to use the tool appropriately. You can scan your files using the Hetman File Repair without paying any charges, but to repair the files and images, you will have to purchase its plans. You can choose the Home edition ($60) for personal use or the Office edition ($140) for business use.

Stellar Microsoft Office Repair Toolkit

Stellar Microsoft Office Repair Toolkit is an advanced 4-in-1 specialized tool that will help you repair Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files. It is compatible with Microsoft Office 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, & previous versions. This app is highly recommended to IT users, and other office employees because it can repair corrupted files even if they are password-protected. Using this app, you can either scan your entire system for corrupted and damaged files or select a specific file that you want to repair.

When running on Excel, it can repair severely corrupted XLS and XLSX files and retrieve all the data from the Excel workbook without modifying its original format. It enables you to choose if you want to perform standard repair or RAW repair on the PPT. It can also extract the text, comments, labels, graphics, etc. from the PDF file. This tool is free to download, but its business utilities are available at a premium price. To unlock the repair functionality, you have to pay $69.

Remember that these apps and their tools can only repair minor issues. If huge chunks of data are missing from a file, then these tools cannot help you. Not only these utilities, but any app cannot help you out regardless of the price you pay. Most of the time, it is impossible to retrieve files and data. But if you manage to get it back, then it is not less than a wonderful stroke of luck.

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