maybe a chkdsk and fix errors might help.
right click on the drive, select properties
for the option. if you can enable to start
chkdsk on next boot, then select it and reboot.

see what happens then...


"Shawaz" <shawaz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> For some reason all my Excel files will not open and 'The File is not in
> an
> unrecognizable format' is being displayed. I have tried renaming the files
> and saving with a different extention, but this does not work. I am also
> having problems with opening my Word files every time I try to open a file
> the a pop up displaying the following 'select the coding that makes your
> document readable' appears. Please help, as I have lots of work on the
> Excal
> and Word files and no back up!! Many thanks.
> --
> Shawaz