How to open a corrupted or damaged Indesign file?

I have an Indesign file five year (book) I worked for months in the latest version of creative cloud. This morning Indesign suddenly broke and now when I try to open my Indesign file says it is "damaged" and when I try to repair the only indesign file crashes every time.

I can open other Indesign files, just not this one.

I'm on a PC running Windows 7 and the file in question is large, 225 MB, with great graphics, etc. I think it might have been created on CS2 and then worked on CS4 before migrating to CC.

The file is fixed! I sent it to Adobe and they have managed to open on a Windows 7 machine with no problems. The file has been re-recorded (IDML and INDD) and sent to me. I open the IDML file on my machine without crashing. I then re-recorded it own INDD format file and stopped accidents.

My original file has hundreds of linked graphics and the technician suggested that the problem could be hiding there. I understand that backup to IDML deletes the file down to its bones, which could have repaired the corrupted link.

Thanks Willi and Peter! You have both offered useful suggustions. Backup to IDML via the script looks like it might have worked if I had done up to now.

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