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MS Powerpoint file recovery

Jan 31, 2008 12:30PM PST

One of my kids erased his Powerpoint file and needs it back. I used a file recovery software and got the file (maybe.) Powerpoint does not recognize the file. I have created a similar file and compared them in Notepad and they are similar. does anyone know the layout well enough to look at the file and figure out if something is missing or slightly corrupted and can be fixed?

John Hamilton2

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reply to: MS Powerpoint file recovery
Feb 4, 2008 1:45AM PST

This is just a guess. If the file extension is different than it should be, try renaming it to the proper file extension.

Hope this is helpful.

Charlie

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MS powerpoint file recovery
Feb 4, 2008 11:51AM PST

The file is basiclly a power point file with the correct extension. It is similar to one I created to check if it was the same and has most of the same starting and ending lines of code. But power point still does not recognize it. I have used later power point systems to look at it and they do not recognize it. Not sure if some of the main body data is somehow corrupt or if small changes in the code at the front or end or both are not correct. Would need somone very familiar with the code for power point. It may not have recovered code properly. Much of it is just square blocks or "Y"s. Maybe they do not get recovered in their original format. But, looking at them in Notepad shows similar coding to my test file. Anyone with real knowledge at Microsoft out there?

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reply to: MS powerpoint file recovery
Feb 4, 2008 1:33PM PST
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USB Thumb Drive MS powerpoint file recovery
Feb 5, 2008 9:52PM PST

This is a USB stick. No such recovery available.