The first two methods show how to recover a Word document using the Microsoft Word & the 7-zip programs and the third method, shows how to recover the damaged Word file (or any other file) from a damaged storage device. In this tutorial you 'll find tree (3) different ways to recover the content of a corrupted Word file. How to Backup and Restore your Personal Files with Windows Backup.
USB hard drive, USB pen drive, etc.) without prior using the safely remove option.įor all the above reasons, I always suggest my costumers to always keep a backup copy or their important files to more than one storage media and to avoid to use their USB disks and the USB Pen drives as the only storage location of their important files. Our files may get damaged for several reasons, but the most important of them are: The error means that Word found unreadable content in the document file and for that reason it was unable to open the document. The file is corrupt and cannot be opened'. Sometimes, when opening a Word document you may face the error 'The file '.docx' cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents.