U don't suppose you have a mac, or I could ask my husband. I have opened corrupted files but I don't remember how. Someone here, though--Is it Judy? Someone whose name begins with a J, I think is an computer expert and knows all kinds of wonderful things. smile Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Jamie Yates, CPhT <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Jamie Yates, CPhT <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] how to repair a corrupted word file? To: "Bookshare Volunteers" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:35 PM Ok the book I had just finished scanning when my desktop went poof is corrupted. I got the part to transfer files from my old hard drives to my laptop and it works like a charm. But word won't open the rtf file. It says it is corrupted (I had just saved it before the poof) and to try "open and repair" instead of just open. I tried that and all I get is a few lines of gibberish. Does anyone else know how to open a corrupted file or is all the hard work just gone? -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb Earn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours: http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497 See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html