Overview

Stellar File Repair Toolkit is a package of four applications that deal with corrupt or damaged files.

There is a ZIP file repairer, a Microsoft Word document repairer, a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet repairer, and a Microsoft Powerpoint slideshow repairer.

The packages work with the documents from Word, Excel and Powerpoint to recover the data properly without loss of data where possible. A preview of the document can be viewed before choosing to recover it which is performed in a separate version of the affected document so the original document is not touched.

In the case of the Word Recovery, text can be recovered in “Full document,” as “Filtered Text” or as “RAW Text.”

The Powerpoint repair system can recover individual components of a full PPT file which includes OLE objects, hyperlinks, tables, controls, modules, and the header and the footer too.

With ZIP repair, the tool can repair password-protected and unprotected ZIP files up to a maximum of 1.5 GB in size. Recovered data can be saved either uncompressed or compressed.

Installation

The installation requires 45.1 MB of available disk space to complete the installation.

There was no adware, toolbars, malware or spyware included with the setup package.

Stellar File Repair Toolkit requires Windows 98, 2000, Vista, XP, 7, 8 or Windows Server.

Interface

The main interface presents a graphic for each of the four modules. Once clicked, these will bring the user to a different layout for each module.

The features and options are also different for each module. With Repair Word File, there are selectable options for whether to recover full text, filtered text or RAW text. In the case of Repair Powerpoint file, different parts of the PPT file can be recovered depending on the state of the individual Powerpoint file is.

Pros

• Recover damaged or corrupted Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint documents and ZIP file archives
• Choose whether to recover the original Word file, basic text or RAW data
• Ability to recover different parts of the PPT file depending on what can be recovered properly
• Recovered documents are saved as separate fresh documents
• ZIP files (compressed and non-compressed) can be repaired up to 1.5 GB in size
• ZIP file archive data can be saved as either a compressed or non-compressed archive

Cons

• Expensive software.

Alternatives

Recovery Toolbox for Word can repair older and newer Word format file types.

Conclusion

Stellar File Repair Toolkit is an excellent option for a package of repair modules to fix corrupt Word, Excel, Powerpoint and ZIP archives successfully.