Please help Illustrator can't open my files

I worked on a design saving it about every 10 minites and also saving a copy every hour. Later, when I try to open any of the copies of this file, Illustrator gives me this error:
the file opens but most of the objects are gone.
I managed to open the file with Adobe Accrobat and saved it as eps then open it in Illustrator but the paths are mess and all effects converted to embeded images.
I also placed the file but if I try to edit the link it gives me the same error and when I embedded the link it was a little bit better but similar mess like the eps saved from Acrobat
I'm using Illustrator CS5 on Windows 7.
this is a link to the problem file:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40428991/05.zip
I will greatly appriciate any help with resquing this file.

GSIDesign,
There are two ways to approach a serious file recovery:
A) The easy way that costs $27 and may be tested before purchase is a 1 year licence. You can find it here:
http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/buy_illustrator.html
B) The hard way is to start here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/enable-content-recovery-mode-illustrator.html
or here:
http://daxxter.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/how-to-recover-a-corrupted-illustrator-ai-file/
Before starting on B), you may check for free in A).

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