“My important Word 2010 document got corrupt due to some unknown reason, the document contained many important and crucial information which I had been saving from past few months. So, how can I fix Word 2010 document file?” Are you thinking the same? Hang on! You are not the only one with this problem. Many users encounter Word 2010 document corruption these days, however luckily there are few methods which you can try after Word 2010 document corruption.
Don’t assume about document corruption: Automatically assuming that your Word document is corrupted would be a big mistake. It may be possible that either Word application or Windows is having the problem. So before moving ahead towards restore backup or repair Word document option, first try to open your corrupted Word 2010 document on another computer. May be this will solve the problem.
Run CHKDSK: Try running CHKDSK on the drive containing your corrupt Word 2010 document. Because your problem could be caused due to corruption in file system and CHKDSK process may be able to fix that problem. Running CHKDSK helps you to examine file system integrity, which in turn lets you to determine that whether the problem is at the file system or within the Word document itself.
Try to rebuild Word file header: Even though every Word document is different, but the documents created by using a common version of MS Word have a same file header. Use file editor to examine good Word documents, copy the header bits of good Word document paste those bits onto your corrupt document header by using editor. If you are unable to open your word document due to damaged header, then this technique will resolve the issue.
If the above mentioned methods don’t work out, then without wasting much time make use of Remo Repair utility. It is the best tool to fix Word 2010 document. Using this tool, you can easily repair large sized Word document. This app uses powerful file repair mechanism to repair severely corrupt, damaged and inaccessible Word 2010 document. The main benefit of using this tool is that it doesn’t modify your original Word file during repair operation.
Step 1: Download and install Remo Repair Word software to your Windows desktop / laptop in order to perform corrupt Word 2010 document repair. Run the software and follow the on screen procedures. Browse and select your corrupt Word 2010 document, which is to be repaired and click on "Repair" button.
Figure A: Main Screen
Step 2: After this the application starts the repair process. You can moniter the repair process through progress screen
Figure B: Repairing Progress
Step 3: After the accomplishment of the repair process you can also preview the Word document by using "Preview File" option.
Figure C: Preview Repaired File
Step 4: At last click on "Save" button to save the repaired Word document to your desired location.
Figure D: Save Repaired File