5 Easy Ways to Recover a Corrupted PowerPoint PPTX File

 

When you are going to open the PowerPoint presentation and make a preparation for a business, there is a message pop out that tells you the pptx.file cannot be opened because there is some error in the content or it is corrupted, how can you do to recover the corrupted PowerPoint file? You can take the following 5 methods as a reference to open the corrupted PPTX file.

•  Way 1: Change the Location of Your PPTX Presentation 
•  Way 2: Add Corrupted Slides into a New PowerPoint File 
•  Way 3: Try to Open the PPTX File in Safe Mode 
•  Way 4: Open and Repair the Corrupted PPTX 
•  Way 5: Recover the Corrupted PowerPoint File with PowerPoint Repair Genius

 

Way 1: Change the Location of Your PPTX Presentation

 Why we need to change the location of your PowerPoint presentation that cannot be opened? As we know, when there is an error in the hard disk, you will probably get into the trouble of opening the files in it. So, taking this into consideration, you can move the PPTX file to another location, such as from hard disk 1 to hard disk 2, from internal disk to external disk, and from removable drive to internal hard disk.

How to change the location of the corrupted PPTX file? So easy! Just go to where your PowerPoint presentation lies and then copy the presentation. After that, navigate to the destination location and then paste the presentation. Finally, open the PPTX file again and check whether the error gets solved or not. If not, keep on reading next solution.

Way 2: Add Corrupted Slides into a New PowerPoint File

Step 1: Launch the Microsoft PowerPoint program and then you will enter a new and blank PPTX file. Click the Home button and then click the arrow of the New Slide option. After that, choose Reuse Slides from the drop-down menu.

Step 2: Click the Browse button and then choose Browse File.  Then choose your corrupted PPTX file and click the Open button.

Step 3: If it successfully recovers your slides, right-click any slide and select the Insert All Slides option. 

If it pops out the following window, it means that it fails to recover your content. You need to try other solutions.

Way 3: Try to Open the PPTX File in Safe Mode

 The corruption of your PPTX file might result from the add-ins.  You can try to open the corrupted PowerPoint PPTX file in safe mode to get this issue solved.

Step 1: Press Win + R key on your keyboard and you will see the Run dialog box. Then enter powerpnt.exe /safe and press Enter key. After that, you will start MS PowerPoint in safe mode.

Step 2: Click File > Open and then select the corrupted PPTX file to open.

Step 3: If you make it open successfully, the reason for your PPTX file corruption is clear. You need to reinstall Microsoft PowerPoint to prevent this from happening again. If you fail to open the file and still get the error message, you can go ahead to read another solution.

Way 4: Open and Repair the Corrupted PPTX

Microsoft PowerPoint has the built-in repair tool that helps users to open and repair the corrupted presentation. You can have a try.

First of all, you can open MS PowerPoint program and then click the File > Open. Then navigate to the corrupted PPTX file and select it. Finally, click the arrow behind Open button and choose Open and Repair from the menu.  After that, you can just wait for the result.

 

Way 5: Recover the Corrupted PowerPoint File with PowerPoint Repair Genius

If you try all ways above and none of them can help, you can use the professional PowerPoint repair tool—iSunshare PowerPoint Repair Genius to repair the corrupted PPTX file.  This software can help you to open and repair the corrupted or damaged PPTX file in minutes which will not change your presentation structure and formatting.

Step 1: Download and install iSunshare PowerPoint Repair Genius on your computer.

 

Step 2: Close the MS PowerPoint program and then run iSunshare PowerPoint Repair Genius. After that, click the Open button to add your PPTX file. When it is added, click the Recover button.

 

Step 3: In no time, the software will start repairing your PowerPoint presentation.

 

Step 4: When the repairing ends, you will get the notification. Click the OK button and then click the Save button to save the repaired PPTX file into your local computer. You can decide where to save the repaired file.

 

Step 5:  In the end, you can select to open and view the repaired content when it is saved successfully.

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How to Encrypt A USB Flash Drive in Windows 10 – Make It Safer

For more security and privacy, it is highly advisable to encrypt a USB flash drive to prevent any unpredictable and unauthorized access. In this article, we will share with you several easy and effective methods to encrypt a USB flash drive in Windows 10.

• Way 1: Encrypt USB flash drive with BitLocker
• Way 2: Encrypt USB flash drive with iSunshare SafeUSB Genius
• Way 3: Encrypt USB flash drive with DiskCryptor
• Way 4: Encrypt USB flash drive with VeraCrypt

Way 1: Encrypt USB flash drive with BitLocker

If you want to encrypt USB flash drive, BitLocker Drive Encryption is your first choice. As a Windows built-in encryption tool, BitLocker Drive Encryption can securely encrypt your data on USB flash drive with industry-standard AES encryption, which is very trustworthy. iSunshare BitLocker Genius for Windows is an assistant tool that can help you encrypt USB flash drive with BitLocker more conveniently and intuitively. The following guide is about how to use this tool to encrypt USB flash drive with BitLocker in ease.

Step 1: Download and install this tool on your computer and insert a pen drive into your computer.

Step 2: Launch this tool. On the interface, right-click the USB drive and select Turn on BitLocker option.

Step 3: Type and confirm a password and then click save to file button to back up a .txt file as recovery key.

Step 4: Then choose a location to save the new recovery key file and click Save button.

Step 5: Click Encrypt button to start encrypting. Wait for a while until a window pops up prompting that the encryption is competed.

Step 6: Right-click the hard drive and select Lock Drive option. Finally, the pen drive is encrypted with BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Tips: This tool also allows you to change the password and remove BitLocker from USB flash drive. In addition, you can also lock or unlock BitLocker conveniently.

Way 2: Encrypt USB flash drive with iSunshare SafeUSB Genius

iSunshare SafeUSB Genius is the easy to use USB drive encryption software which can help Windows users to password protect USB drive without BitLocker. It offers a more direct way to set the password on USB drive. At the same time, it is secure to protect the USB data as all USB data are invisible after encryption. No one can know you have encrypted all USB data unless you tell them.

Step 1: Download and install this software on your PC and then plug the USB drive into the computer. 

Step 2: Choose your USB flash drive and then click the Encrypt button on the main interface.  

Step 3: Enter the password twice and then hit on the Encrypt button on the bottom right corner.  

Step 4: In no time, the software starts encrypting the USB flash drive. You will get the successful prompt soon.   

Way 3: Encrypt USB flash drive with DiskCryptor

DiskCryptor has been discontinued since 2014, but it’s still a good solution to encrypt USB flash drive. Its handiness and high speed of encryption are the reasons for recommending it. Follow the steps below to use DiskCryptor to encrypt the USB flash drive.

Step 1: Download and install it on your pc and insert USB flash drive into your pc.

Step 2: Launch it. Right-click the pen drive and select Encrypt option.

Step 3: On a popup window, choose an algorithm and wipe mode and then click Next button.

Step 4: Type and confirm a password and click OK button to start encrypting.

Step 5: Wait for a minute until the encryption process is finished.

Way 4: Encrypt USB flash drive with VeraCrypt

VeraCrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt and is widely acknowledged its successor. It is also one of the most popular and secure disk encryption tools. Here is how to encrypt USB flash drive with VeraCrypt.

Step 1: Download and install this tool on your Windows computer. Then insert your USB drive into your pc

Step 2: Launch it and then click Create Volume button.

Step 3: Select Encrypt a non-system partition/drive option and then click Next button.

Step 4: Select Standard VeraCrypt volume option and then click on Next button.

Step 5: Click Select Device button. On a new window, select the USB flash drive and click OK button. Then click Next button.

Step 6: Choose a volume creation mode and click on Next button. If you have data stored on USB drive, choose Encrypt partition in place option. Otherwise, choose the other one.

Step 7: Choose an encryption and hash algorithm for the encryption and click Next. If you have no idea, it would better to leave the default settings.

Step 8: Type and confirm a password and click on Next button.

Step 9: Finally, wait for a while until the interface prompts that the USB drive has been encrypted successfully.

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How to Repair an Excel File That Will Not Open

 When you get such error messages, including “Excel found an unreadable content in ‘<filename>’ Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes”, “Can’t find project or Library”, “This workbook cannot be opened or repaired by Microsoft Excel because it is corrupted” and “Microsoft Excel has stopped working”, the Excel file is corrupted and cannot be opened. How can you repair the corrupted Excel file? Don’t worry; here are three effective ways for you.

• Way 1: Open and Repair an Excel File with MS Office Built-in Function
• Way 2: Change the Calculation Option to Manual
• Way 3:Use Professional Excel Repair Software

Way 1: Open and Repair an Excel File with MS Excel Built-in Function

 When you get the notification like “Excel found an unreadable content in ‘<filename>’ Do you want to recover the contents of this workbook? If you trust the source of this workbook, click Yes”, MS Excel automatically launches File Recover mode and try to repair the workbook for you. Of course, you can also manually start the Open and Repair utility to repair the Excel file that cannot be opened.

Step 1: Open MS Excel or directly open a blank workbook. Then hit File > Open.

Step 2: Go to the location where the corrupted Excel file stores and then choose it in the Open window.

Step 3: Click the icon behind the Open button, and then you can choose the Open and Repair option.

Step 4: In the pop-out window, click the Repair button. If it makes no effect, you can try the second option Extract Data.

Way 2: Change the Calculation Option to Manual

You can change the calculation option to manual to recover data from the Excel file that will not open.

Step 1: Launch the MS Excel and access File > New > Blank Workbook.

Step 2:  In the new workbook, click File > Options.

Step 3: In Excel Options window, select Formulas from the left panel and then set the Workbook Calculation option to Manual.  After that, click the OK button to apply the change.

Step 4: Now, you can click File > Open to open the corrupted Excel file.

Way 3: Use Professional Excel Repair Software

 If the above methods cannot help to repair your Excel XLSL file, you can use the professional Excel repair software to repair and restore the corrupted XLSL content. iSunshare Excel Repair Genius is the professional and easy-to-use Excel repair tool that helps to repair the XLSL file without changing its original layout and structures.

Step 1: Download and start the program immediately after finishing the installation.

Step 2: Open the corrupted Excel file and click the Restore button.

Step 3: Once the restore completes, you can see there is a Tips box to inform you. Hit OK to go ahead.

Step 4: Click the Save button and find a location to save the new Excel file with the restored data.

Step 5: The file is saved successfully in seconds. You can open the file by clicking the Yes button.

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How to Recover Damaged or Corrupted Word Document

 When you open a Word document and find that the layout and formatting are in a mess so that it is impossible to read normally, the Word file might be corrupted or damaged. Or when you cannot open the Word file and get the error messages, the file is recognized as a damaged document. There are other abnormal behaviors that can help you to identify the damaged Word file, such as some characters are unreadable, and digital gibberish appears on the document. Now that we know that how to identify a Word file is normal or damaged/corrupted, how can we solve this issue and recover damaged or corrupted Word document? You need a professional Word repair tool.

About iSunshare Word Repair Genius

When it comes to the Word repair tool, iSunshare Word Repair Genius is highly recommended. This excellent Word repair tool can help you to repair and recover the Microsoft Word files in DOCX format without any changes to the original structure and content of the document. Besides, you are able to save the restored Word document as another new file and full control of the content. iSunshare Word Repair Genius is compatible with Microsoft Word 2007/2010/2013/2016/2019.

It is secure to recover the damaged or corrupted Word file with iSunshare Word Repair Genius. You can find that everything is identical to the original one, including the text, fonts, images, hyperlinks, and so on.

How to Repair the Damaged or Corrupted Word Document

First of all, you need to make sure Microsoft Word is not in use.

Step 1: Download and install iSunshare Word Repair Genius on your Windows computer.

Step 2: Run the software and hit the Open button to add your damaged or corrupted Word file to the path box.

Step 3: Immediately, the file is restored. Click the OK button to continue.

Step 4: Click the Save button and decide the location to store the restored Word file.

Step 5: The file is saved successfully. You can open it to digest the content.

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