SharePoint Recovery to Restore Unattached Content Database

Content database is one of the most significant components of Microsoft SharePoint Server. It stores a large amount of data that is very important and accessed by various users simultaneously. In order to safeguard the content database and avoid data loss, Microsoft SharePoint has granular content database restore abilities. This SharePoint recovery feature is available in Central Administration. 

The feature of granular content database recovery is available only in the SharePoint 2010. It is an enhancement over the earlier versions. You can restore a damaged or corrupted content database on SharePoint Server using this feature through the following steps:

• Locate the backup of the content database that you need to recover. You must know the original location of the document so that you can match it in content database.
• Once you locate the backup, you have to restore the content database to any temporary storage location. In this mechanism, you have to have the database mounted on MS SQL Server.
• Click “Recover data from an unattached content database” link in Backup and Restore window in the SharePoint Central Administrator.
• Provide the information about temporary database and SQL instance. You also need to specify that what you are willing to do.
• Select list, site, and site collection to export.
• After exporting the data, you have to start MS SharePoint Management Shell. Import the library to the database using Import- SPWeb cmdlet option.
• Once the import process completes, you can browse the library and extract the documents you need. After extracting the required documents, you can remove the library and temporary database.

Although the above SharePoint repair process works in most of the cases of content database corruption, but it needs a complete backup. If backup is not available, this solution can not help you. 

In such critical situations, third-party recovery applications come for your rescue. Such tools are designed to repair and restore damaged database with all its objects. They do not demand advanced technical skills to retrieve inaccessible data.

PSD Repair When File Does Not Open Post System Crash

Do you get errors while opening an Adobe PhotoShop or PSD file? Is your PSD file inaccessible after you restore it from back or recover after deletion of the file? PSD file is made up of various components, which are required for the file to open. If any of the PSD file objects is missing, then it may catch corruption and put you in need of PSD repair solutions.

In order to properly understand such situations of PSD file corruption, consider the following scenarios that you may encounter while working on Adobe PhotoShop:

• You have accidentally deleted some folders, which contained the PSD file. It was normal deletion, not hard disk failure or system malfunction.
• You managed to recover the lost PSD file either from backup or using a commercial recovery application.
• PhotoShop does not open the recovered file. Every time you try to open the file, it gives you the below error:
  “There was a problem reading the layer data. Read the composite data instead?”
• When you choose to click the Read Composite Data option, it gives you further error message that states:
  “Could not open '[file name]' because the file is not compatible with this version of PhotoShop.”
• If you try to open the same file with any other file viewer, you are greeted with error messages similar to the following ones:
  “This file uses an unsupported blending mode.”

When you encounter this issue, you can not access your precious data and face critical data loss situations. 

Resolution:

Use the following solutions to work around this issue:

• Make sure you are opening the file in a version of Adobe PhotoShop in which it was created.
• If the file is shared on the network, then try creating a local copy and then opening it.

If you do not get any luck with the above options, then you can repair PSD file using third-party recovery tools. The applications offer easy, quick, and safe recovery in all corruption scenarios. They do not demand sound technical skills for complete recovery.

Mac Excel Recovery When It Refuses to Save a Spreadsheet

Are you unable to save a file in Excel for Mac 2011 in Excel 97-2004 format? Do you get errors while saving the file and the file does not even open properly? Such behavior of Excel for Mac application indicates file corruption. You can not access an Excel spreadsheet after corruption and thus data loss occurs. In order to retrieve your precious data in such situations, you have to opt for effective Mac Excel recovery solutions.

For a practical example of this problem with Microsoft Excel for Mac application, consider the following scenarios:

• You worked on an Excel file and tried to save it. The file refuses to save and gives you the following message:
  “Document not saved”
• When you click OK button on the dialog box of previous error, the application crashes with the following error:
  “An unexpected error has occurred. AutoRecover has been disabled for this session of Excel.”
• You tried to repair the permissions for MS Excel and your Mac hard drive, but it did not fix the problem.
• The same problem occurs when you try to Save As document on different location or disk.
• You copy all the contents of the affected file to new Workbook, but same problem occurs again.

When Excel file behaves this way, all the contents of the file becomes inaccessible and unusable. In order to sort out the problem, you have to find out appropriate Mac Excel repair solution.

Resolution:

The problem usually occurs due to corruption to the file. You can try out the below steps to work around the issue:

• If you have macros in the file, then you need to save the file in a different file format.
• Open the file with Apple Numbers and then save it with different name. If the file opens properly, then you can export it to any Excel compatible file format.
• Repair the corrupted file with the help of advanced recovery applications. The Mac Office repair tools are capable of effectively handling all corruption issues.

These applications work quite smoothly to provide absolute, safe, and quick recovery of your precious data. They do not demand sound technical skills.

PSD Repair to Fix “The file is damaged or is a format that cannot be included” Error

Are you unable to open PSD (PhotoShop files) after hard drive crash? Do you get errors while opening the file? Well, such issues indicate corruption to the PhotoShop image and thus can not be opened. When it happens, PhotoShop can not recognize the file and thus you can not copy or backup it. In such cases, you need to opt for effective PSD repair solution to avoid data loss and recover corrupted file. 

In order to practically demonstrate this situation of PSD file corruption, consider the following behaviors of Adobe PhotoShop:

• You had a hard drive crash and lost most of your significant data stored on the disk.
• You managed to recover the lost data after hard drive crash using data recovery software.
• All the files, except Adobe PhotoShop PSD files, are opening and working correctly.
• When you try to open a PSD file, you get either of the below errors:
• Could not complete your request because Photoshop does not recognize this type of file.
• Cannot open [filename] because it is the wrong type of file.
• The file is damaged or is a format that cannot be included.
• You compared the contents of a valid PSD file and the one that you recovered using HEX Editor.
• You see some difference in the file header.

When it occurs, you need to find out the cause of the problem and use PSD repair software to fix the issue.

Cause:

You may face this problem due to:

• PSD file header corruption.
• You are trying the open the file in an earlier version of PhotoShop.
• Incomplete recovery of the PSD file from damaged hard drive.
• PSD file is completely damaged and PhotoShop is unable to read it.

Resolution:

You can use any of the following PSD file repair solutions to work around this issue:

• Replace the header of the damaged file with header of a valid PSD file.
• Open the file in a version of PhotoShop in which it was created.
• Restore the damaged PSD file from backup. The backup should be updated and validated to ensure complete recovery.
• Use third-party recovery tools to restore damaged PSD file.

The applications restore damaged PhotoShop files from hard drive, USB drive, and other storage media. They work well with PhotoShop CS5, CS4, CS3, CS2, and CS1.

PowerPoint for Mac Recovery When it Crashes at Startup

There are some situations where Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac may crash and the presentations may become inaccessible. It is also possible that the application gets crashed every time you try to open a particular PPT. This issue usually caused due to corruption to the PowerPoint presentation and leads to data loss. In order to sort out this problem, you have to use advanced Mac PowerPoint recovery solutions.

As an example of such issues with MS PowerPoint for Mac application, you may get the following error message while starting the application or opening a file:

“Microsoft PowerPoint has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”

After the above error message, the presentations may become inaccessible and data loss situations occur. To extract data from such presentations, you need to identity the root of this issue and fix it with the help of Mac PowerPoint repair solutions.

Grounds of the issue:

The problem may take place if any one of more of the of the below conditions are true:

• Preferences of Microsoft PowerPoint application are damaged.
• Other applications, which are running in background, are faulty or interfering with MS PowerPoint.
• Your profile or user account is damaged.
• Installation of Microsoft PowerPoint application is damaged.
• PowerPoint Presentation that you are trying to open is damaged.

Solution:

Try out the below mentioned steps to sort out this problem:

• Quit Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac and remove all the preferences. Then restart the application to check if the issue is fixed.
• Quit all the applications running in the background one by one and observe which application is causing the problem.
• Create a new user account and verify if the problem is resolved.
• Install the latest updates for all Office applications.
• Reinstall MS Office for Mac application suite.

If this problem is with a particular file and you are facing errors while opening it, then you need to restore the file from backup. In case backup is not available, third-party Mac Office Repair applications come for your help. They help you fix all the issues with MS PowerPoint presentations.