data not written to spss file; where else can it be?

[obraztsova]

yes!!!!! it worked and it's one of those wonderful data RECOVERY stories!
thank you very much for you help, it saved me a good chunk of time.

[jarvis24]

Great, thank you for the update. Can you tell me which one worked--I assume it was the SPSS import method as you probably would have already tried Excel 2007 if had it. Yes?

[obraztsova]

yes, I did the export-to-spss method you linked to.
I did not have Office2007 on hand, but if the export did work, I would have found the new office version among friends / colleagues.