i used to support MS word 2000 2002 n 2003 in windows platform when i was in wipro for 4 months. usually when we had customers with similar issues we found it hard to recover it. i dont know whether there are any other third party tools to recover such files.
well with ur word files i can definitely try to help u. can u zip some of ur documents and mail it to me at
iinfi@yahoo.com , if they r not confidential documents. i will jus c if anything can be done.
send ur excel spreadsheets also ... zip them n send i ll see how i can help u