How can I recover OneNote files?

soho1

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I am really starting to hate the folly of Microsoft mis-engineering. I have run OneNote for a few year and have many .one files. From time to time random corruptions occur and these are usually solved by a page copy. In any case, OneNote 2010 recently complained that something would not sync and asked to clear the cache. I allowed it to. It then re-synched but still had the problem with one of my .one files. The others were fine. Attempting to let it try to recover a second time (sorry don't remember the messages), it chose to "forget" all my open files.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, Microsoft, I HOPE I CAN FIND ALL MY SOURCES TO OPEN AGAIN.

I re-opened the one problem file which it still could not sync. The status is "Incomplete sync" and the erro message details are "This OneNote section file appears to be corrupted. OneNote may be able to repair the file. Avoid adding content to the corrupted section. (Eror code:0xE00001A1)

Walking the list of sections until finding one that says "This section is corrupted. Cleick hear to repair this section." i click and get a pop-up "OneNote cannot create a pre-repair backpu of this section. Do you want to continue repairing?"

FYI - there is penty of space on the source (NAS) and the PC (local) and permissions are granted for full CRUD.

I click Continue.

Is says "Repairing (filename) ..."
The status bar makes meager progress, like treacle, and never seems to finish.

The backup copy of the file is an exact binary copy of the one that is claimed to be corrupted.

Does anyone have a program recommendation for repairs? I tried purchasing one from some Brits tonight and they took my money (paypal) but sent nothing for registration so I cannot operate anything but demo mode (OneNote Repair Toolbox). Due to the time difference I am snookered (f'd) until morning.
 

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Whilst the site has no working solutions, I was able to send a message to the OneNote team. Hopefully that is not akin to a bitbucket.

Actually, that made me laugh, there is now a product called bitbucket with a meaning entirely different. Ah, the wonders of being older than dirt. I still love the old DOS based windows the best. Sigh.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Pro 64-bitIntel Core i516 GB Dell, 6 GB ToshibaIntel crap on both but Dell also has nVidia G...
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Insprion 7559 next to a Toshiba Portege
OS
Win 7 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5
Motherboard
Intel
Memory
16 GB Dell, 6 GB Toshiba
Graphics Card(s)
Intel crap on both but Dell also has nVidia GeForce GTX960M
Sound Card
RealTek
Monitor(s) Displays
internal and external ACER KA270H 27"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
SSD 256 GB plus numerous WD Red or Purple on USB3 docks. Used to buy a lot of Seagate but tossed them the second time I got unrecoverable disc corruption in the midst of use.
Keyboard
Garage Mouse SW and some cheap Amazon China made USB device
Mouse
Garage Mouse and some cheap Amazon China made USB device
Internet Speed
50 Mbps (allegedly, depends on server)
Antivirus
Defender, Malwarebytes Premium and Kaspersky
Browser
IE 11, and Chrome something
Did you click on the chevrons on the RH side of the list of problems. There are solutions shown in the drop down if you click on the chevrons.
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self built using existing case
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit sp1
CPU
Intel i5 3570 3.4Ghz Ivy Bridge SKT 1155 quad core
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z77-HD3 SKT 1155 2xSata 3, 4x USB 3.0
Memory
G-Skill Rip Jaws 16Gb (8x2) DDR3 -1600 PC3 12800 CL 10 red
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte NVIDIA GT610 1Gb DDR3 810/1200 PCI-E 2.0 Silent
Sound Card
NVIDIA High Definition & Realtech High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x Philips 226V4L 16:9 aspect ratio
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 HD
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD, SATA 3.
Hitachi Touro Portable 1tb, USB 3.0 HDD used for image b/ups.
PSU
Corsair VS450
Case
Codeng
Cooling
PSU fan & CPU fan
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
Logitech Wireless trackball M570
Internet Speed
Wireless 3G. 3mg down & 550kb up.
Antivirus
Bitdefender Internet Security 2020
Browser
Opera (Current Version) & Firefox
Other Info
MS Office 2013 Pro. Davis weather station software. MGE Nova 600 avr UPS.
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