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Excel completed file level validation and repair. Some parts of this workbook may have been repaired or discarded.
Replaced Part: /xl/worksheets/sheet10.xml part with XML error.  '>' expected. Line 2, column 16894.

was the message after repair and I discovered that the entire content of a page went missing.


what Can I do to fix the original file so that I can recover more of that page?
  • Edited by fs - ab Saturday, February 07, 2015 9:22 AM
February 7th, 2015 12:20pm

Hi,

As far as I know, the error message was pop-up when the Excel file was corrupted. Thus, if we click OK to continue, some contents may be discarded. Please try to follow this KB to recover the data:

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/820741

Hope it's helpful.

Regards,

George Zhao
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February 9th, 2015 1:22am

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