Excel Workbook Corruption - Prevention and Recovery

With the ever growing importance of Excel application, chances of Worksheet corruption have also increased manifolds. And people who have been hit by this problem already know what it is like to be in such a situation. Mostly, people today take measures to prevent damage to their files, apart from maintaining a backup of their all important data. But what about those who have either not taken backup, or find that their backup is either not updated, or not working? Don't fret! It is possible to recover files, retrieve your data, and if regular methods do not work, then use third-party Excel repair software.

Let us know more about preventing Excel Workbook loss, before delving into its recovery.
Despite being an efficient tool, Excel is prone to failure and data loss. However, we can follow simple strategies to prevent Excel data loss. Read on to know them:

• Excel features AutoRecover that saves a copy of file at user specified location after fixed interval of time.
• Another way that is not known to many users of Excel data file is that they can enable 'Always Create Backup' option of 'Save As' dialog box, by clicking 'General Options' on the 'Tools' menu. This creates a backup with information that was saved before you last exited the file. You can also make changes to the template for default startup.
• Take good care of your hard disk because if area where file is stored becomes bad, the file will become corrupt. Perform disk maintenance by running Scan Disk to examine
• file structure of disk, once a week
• surface scan of the media, once a month
• Regularly run anti-virus scan.
• Make sure you exit Windows systematically, even if you want to shut down, or restart your system.
• Keep sources of electromagnetic radiation away from your storage media.
• Prevent dust from building upon and around your storage media.
• And most importantly, maintain a remote backup, either online, or on network.

However, if you have encountered this grave Workbook data loss situation, and have already tried various repair methods, followed by data retrieval methods, then a third-party Repair excel software is a safe bet for you!