A missing Excel file isn’t always the disaster it feels like.

If Microsoft Excel fails to recognize a file in the XLSX or XLS format, the data contained in the file could be corrupted. When you open a corrupted workbook in Excel, the program should automatically ...

If a file loses data, is closed out all of a sudden or was affected by a virus, it could be corrupted and unreadable in Microsoft Office. Whether it is a PowerPoint Presentation, Excel spreadsheet or ...

Have you ever been in a place where you’ve been working on an Excel file for hours, and suddenly all of your work has been lost? It might be due to an unexpected power loss or a system crash, ...

There's no pain quite like the sting of losing hours of work because of a software crash or power failure. In an ideal world, you'd save your work early and often. But there are times when, for ...

Sometimes you can accidentally save the wrong version of an Excel document and want to recover the previous version of the file. Don't worry, it's feasible and will take only 5 minutes of your time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can try fixing corrupted files by using commands like CHKDSK and SFC /scannow on Windows. Changing the file format or using ...