I was working on a thesis paper this morning which i finished and saved the drive. My laptop battery went dead and now when i try to access the file, it shows it on the harddrive but i get this error message trying to recover it. The error message tells me that i either do not have permission to open the document or the file type is invalid

if anyone can help me with this, i need this printed by 1:30.

Microsoft wont help me because my product is out of warranty

[Edited on February 15, 2007 at 12:03 PM. Reason : PLEASE HELP!]

2/15/2007 12:02:50 PM

The document name or path is not valid. Try these suggestions.
*check the file permissions for the documents or drive
*use the file open dialog box to locate the document.
(C:\...My Documents\TechHW2.doc)

2/15/2007 12:08:09 PM

please this is very important

any help would be appreciated

2/15/2007 12:16:59 PM

try opening it with another word processor.


openoffice.

2/15/2007 12:18:12 PM

im in the process of downloading that program right now

anything else i can do?

[Edited on February 15, 2007 at 12:24 PM. Reason : .]

2/15/2007 12:24:18 PM

check file permissions and try to transfer the file to another machine for viewing.

2/15/2007 12:24:48 PM

how do i check the file permissions?

[Edited on February 15, 2007 at 12:26 PM. Reason : cant i use WORD to repair the file?]

2/15/2007 12:25:29 PM

right click the file, properties, security tab.

2/15/2007 12:26:35 PM

only a general and advanced tab for this

no security tab on either

2/15/2007 12:28:40 PM

there should be a security tab on the .doc properties.

2/15/2007 12:30:25 PM

well that program could not open it either

2/15/2007 12:47:30 PM

Take it to ITD and have them take a look at it if its important. Or find the IT person in your department or college.

2/15/2007 1:17:33 PM

i was able to recover about a third of it with DocRepair

no such luck otherwise

2/15/2007 6:23:37 PM