Help to repair a indesign file

after crash of indesign today the file could not be reopened.
But it seems partly ok because i could place parts of this file into an other new one. Ithe the a possibility to fix the original file ?
Cheers
Frank

But it seems partly ok because i could place parts of this file into an other new one.
Create a new document with the same pages of the corrupted one, then on page panel select all pages and mouse right click to select move pages then select move to.
See also:
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