Yesterday when I logged on to my PC , all my MS WORD and EXCEL files
have become 0kb.I have very important data.I tried recovering these
files with using WORD REGENERATOR AND EXCEL REGENERATOR BY dmitriy
primochenko but these softwares recovered lost data instead of
repairing saved ones.So I would like to know
1)If I can retreive data from these 0kb word and excel documents
2)Are there any softwares available which can recover data from these documents

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 05 Oct 2005 01:52 PDT

sudheerdrani...

A simple test will tell you whether any recovery is possible.

Word documents have a .doc file extension, and Excel files
have an .xls file extension.

Copy one of each of these files that indicate 0kb to another
directory where you can play with them without damaging the
originals. Rename both of them with a .txt file extension,
and then click on them to open them in notepad.

If you see no content whatsoever, they are indeed 0kb, and 
there is no content to recover. If they have more that a
line or two of content, then something's wrong with Windows
in that it's indicating 0 content when content actually 
exists. This could be the results of a virus or some other
malfeasance. This test will tell you one way or the other.

Let me know where this takes you...

sublime1-ga

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Clarification of Question by sudheerdrani-ga on 05 Oct 2005 22:22 PDT

Thank you very much for the reply.I tried changing the extension and
opening in notepad.I DONT see any content in them for both word and
excel files.So "is there no way of recovering the data"?

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 05 Oct 2005 23:35 PDT

sudheerdrani...

Sadly, there is not. It seems that Windows is accurately
reporting the content of the files as non-existant. There
is simply nothing to recover.

All I can suggest at this point is that you take a look at
the Date Modified for these files in Windows Explorer. You
may be able to associate some activity with that time slot,
or relate it to who was using the computer. Look for events
at that time by going to Start -> Run, and type in 
eventvwr.msc and hit Enter. This will let you see any system
error messages that might coincide with the time of the file
modifications.

If you aren't so upset with this negative result as an
answer to your question, I will post it as an answer.

Let me know...

sublime1-ga

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Clarification of Question by sudheerdrani-ga on 06 Oct 2005 00:05 PDT

hi sublime1-ga
 I really appreciate your speedy response to my questions.its
unfortunate that I cannot recover the data buy anyway thank you very
much for the help.Yes you can post this as an answer.thanks.

sudheerdrani...

Thanks for accepting my work on your behalf as an answer.
I'll repeat it here for the sake of future readers:

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A simple test will tell you whether any recovery is possible.

Word documents have a .doc file extension, and Excel files
have an .xls file extension.

Copy one of each of these files that indicate 0kb to another
directory where you can play with them without damaging the
originals. Rename both of them with a .txt file extension,
and then click on them to open them in notepad.

If you see no content whatsoever, they are indeed 0kb, and 
there is no content to recover. If they have more that a
line or two of content, then something's wrong with Windows
in that it's indicating 0 content when content actually 
exists. This could be the results of a virus or some other
malfeasance. This test will tell you one way or the other.

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All I can suggest at this point is that you take a look at
the Date Modified for these files in Windows Explorer. You
may be able to associate some activity with that time slot,
or relate it to who was using the computer. Look for events
at that time by going to Start -> Run, and type in 
eventvwr.msc and hit Enter. This will let you see any system
error messages that might coincide with the time of the file
modifications.

sublime1-ga


Searches done, via Google:

"word files" OR "excel files" 0kb
://www.google.com/search?q=%22word+files%22+OR+%22excel+files%22+0kb

word OR excel "0kb files"
://www.google.com/search?q=word+OR+excel+%220kb+files%22

This is for sure a virus atack. Some 4 years ago there was a virus
that precisly did what u have mentioned. Unfortunately there is no
know "cure" to recover the data. Try searching for ~*.xls ~*.doc.
These are temporary files created by Microsoft and may be some of your
data may be there.
Best of luck- it pains to loose data !!!!!

If you are using windows XP or ME you might try to 'restore back to
date before your documents disappeared.

Good luck :)

Piney