Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair (formerly Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery)

Losing files to corruption or viruses can be a major headache, especially if they happen to be spreadsheets containing vital information.
Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair is a recovery utility that enables you to repair broken Excel documents and keep their original formatting along with the recovered data.

Add folders or multiple files to the recovery list

The application can handle multiple documents at once and it can even scan entire folders for corrupted spreadsheets. After the documents are found and recovered, they appear as a list inside the application and you can preview their contents before starting the repair process. You can manually select which ones to be skipped if you do not want to save all of them.
Unfortunately, the preview window is actually just a snapshot of the document. You cannot edit or move around the sheets, which might prove a bit inconvenient if you have long Excel tables or multiple spreadsheets and you want to see if they are complete.

View logs and the current status of the recovery

While the recovery process is underway, Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair displays various bits of information about the file, including the original size, name, extension and whether the recovery was successfully or not. You can also visualize the date and time at which the process was completed.
The log can be saved to your computer for further reference, which can come in handy if you want to know where the recovery went wrong. Using the data generated inside, you can also document yourself about the meaning of the errors that occurred.

In conclusion

Overall, Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair is a simple but powerful application that gets you out of trouble whenever your Excel spreadsheets are corrupted by viruses or hard disk errors. The user interface is easy to use and intuitive, but the fact that you cannot properly explore the document before you save it can be an annoying disadvantage.