Recover deleted password protected word documents

[celkins]

I had some password protected Word 97 documents on a Sandisk jump drive and they have been deleted. I have tried several free file recovery software applications and at least one recovers the files with a missing first character, but the data that is recovered appears to be encrypted. I am not prompted to enter a password to open the files, it is like they are encrypted permanently. Word wants me to specify the encoding or something like that, but none that I select makes the gibberish look much different. I would appreciate any suggestions as to how I can get the files, or even partial text in the files back.
Thanks

 

[kjv1611]

My guess is that it only was able to partially recover, and so what you have are corrupted files.

However, you could try some other document / text editor applications just to see, I suppose. Maybe try OpenOffice or LibreOffice Write. Then maybe a couple of text editors such as NotePad++. I'm not saying you'll get anywhere with it, but if you're still trying, those are all free, and worth a shot.



"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

 

[omdie]

You can search word password recovery program in Google. I suppose they are many useful tool can help you solve the problem.