How do I open recovered Appleworks files?

I have used Stellar Phoenix to try and recover/open deleted files. It seems to recover data but when I try to open by clicking in the finder I get an I/O error message. When I try to open withing the app, it does nothing. S.P. techies are stumped. Any ideas?

Hello
I never used Stellar Phoenix.
Recovery programs scan the HD in search of file headers. When they find one, they use this header to rebuild a file.
Alas, many of these headers are pointing to reused blocks so the resulting file is unusable.
This is not surprising.
In the lot of "resurrected" files some are odd, some are correct.
You will have to scan them one by one.
If you send me one of these odd one, I will be able to write and test a script batch checking the "resurected files". It will move the odd ones in a folder named "odd".
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Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE samedi 3 mai 2008 08:50:38)

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