Le Mardi 9 Mai 2006 15:52, Robin Laing a écrit :
> Marc wrote:
> > Hi again,
> >
> >
> > Still on the same problem as below... In particular, I would appreciate
> > very much help on the following procedure : I believe it is possible to
> > recover at least the first half part of the file, since the first half of
> > content.xml is not altered. However, all my attempts at it (even pasting
> > the second half from an ancient backup) are unsuccessful : even when the
> > xml structure is validated by kate, OOwriter asks for a filter when
> > opening the document and if I tell "OpenDocument Text" then I get a blank
> > page...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > Le Mardi 9 Mai 2006 02:21, Marc a écrit :
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>
> >> I've been using OpenOffice 2 lately, and I'm now facing a big problem :
> >>one of my odt files got corrupted. Unfortunately, OpenOffice was not set
> >> up to backup files automatically, and I transfered the corrupted file to
> >> my usb key before noticing the problem, so I'm left with that corrupted
> >> file and a very old backup.
> >>
> >> Following the howtos I found on OpenOffice's site, I could unzip the
> >> file. The problem is the following : content.xml has a bad CRC and the
> >> second half of it is entirely corrupted. I tried also, as was indicated
> >> in some message of the mailing list, to fix the CRC problem using pkzip
> >> utilities ; this did not solve anything.
> >>
> >> Could you tell me if there any other way to recover the archive ? I will
> >>send the archive to anybody willing to help.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Marc
>
> What OS?
The problem occurred on a PC under windows XP, with version 2.02 of OpenOffice
in French.
>
> Search your HDD for a file that may be close to the name of the file or
> on the date the file was saved. It may be a temp file that could be
> recovered. Worth a try. If the HDD hasn't been used much, you may be
> able to use a HDD scanning software package and find deleted files. You
> may find a copy that isn't corrupted.
I've just done the search as you suggested, and I could not recognize any
evident temporary file. Yesterday I also tried HDD recovery software, and I
could not find anything, probably because this file had not been deleted, but
replaced...
>
> From the content.xml, can you extract the text as a text file? You
> will have to reformat but at least the text will be recovered. Open the
> file in an XML editor and copy the data across.
Yes, thanks for the indications. Only the first third of it is readable, but I
could at least recover that part (my problem here was due to the fact that I
was including the main directory prefix when zipping again).
>
> Did you have any issues unzipping the file? If not, then the corruption
> occurred during the save of the file, not after. This could point to a
> bug.
Yes, I have a warning that says that the file content.xml has a bad CRC. (It
is the only damaged file).
Two more questions: is the file content.xml saved in any place on the hard
disk before it is zipped again ? I could not see it, but it seems to be my
last chance to recover the entire file ! Then, I tried again the fix option
of "pkzipc", but it does not modify the archive. Is there any over tool one
can use in that case ?
Thanks Robin,
Marc
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