Guest Pimpedoutgeese Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 I recovered some files recently from a drive I couldn't access after a recent upgrade to XP SP3 and when I open the txt file, which I originally wrote in Notepad, the text itself is, well, messed up. Is there anyway to recover the text from these files? A different setting? Maybe a program? Any help is appreciated... thanks!
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: TXT trouble "Pimpedoutgeese" <Pimpedoutgeese@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2DC80823-E8F3-4FC7-96F2-AD6D5953B9C7@microsoft.com... >I recovered some files recently from a drive I couldn't access after a >recent > upgrade to XP SP3 and when I open the txt file, which I originally wrote > in > Notepad, the text itself is, well, messed up. > > Is there anyway to recover the text from these files? A different > setting? > Maybe a program? > > Any help is appreciated... thanks! Please define "messed up". Remember - we can't see your screen! It would help tremendously if you could post the first few screen output lines of this command: - Click Start / Run - Type this: debug "c:\documents and settings\pimp\docs\something.txt"{Enter} - Tap the "D" letter on your keyboard and press {Enter}
Guest Pimpedoutgeese Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 RE: TXT trouble I'm sorry Pegasus.. I found out what you were talking about. :Here is the first few lines: 1379:0100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1379:0110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 34 00 68 13 1379:0120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1379:0130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 If you need more then this just let me know. "Pimpedoutgeese" wrote: > I recovered some files recently from a drive I couldn't access after a recent > upgrade to XP SP3 and when I open the txt file, which I originally wrote in > Notepad, the text itself is, well, messed up. > > Is there anyway to recover the text from these files? A different setting? > Maybe a program? > > Any help is appreciated... thanks!
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: TXT trouble This is obviously not a text file. The collection of 00s tells me that you're dealing with a binary data file. What makes you think that it should be a text file (other than its incorrect .txt extension)? "Pimpedoutgeese" <Pimpedoutgeese@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1763CB37-E8B7-4B72-8541-DAD5F6D8DD9C@microsoft.com... > I'm sorry Pegasus.. I found out what you were talking about. > > :Here is the first few lines: > 1379:0100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > 1379:0110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 34 00 68 13 > 1379:0120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > 1379:0130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > If you need more then this just let me know. > > "Pimpedoutgeese" wrote: > >> I recovered some files recently from a drive I couldn't access after a >> recent >> upgrade to XP SP3 and when I open the txt file, which I originally wrote >> in >> Notepad, the text itself is, well, messed up. >> >> Is there anyway to recover the text from these files? A different >> setting? >> Maybe a program? >> >> Any help is appreciated... thanks!
Guest Peter Foldes Posted July 29, 2008 Posted July 29, 2008 Re: TXT trouble Looks more like a HEX -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Pimpedoutgeese" <Pimpedoutgeese@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1763CB37-E8B7-4B72-8541-DAD5F6D8DD9C@microsoft.com... > I'm sorry Pegasus.. I found out what you were talking about. > > :Here is the first few lines: > 1379:0100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > 1379:0110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 34 00 68 13 > 1379:0120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > 1379:0130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > If you need more then this just let me know. > > "Pimpedoutgeese" wrote: > >> I recovered some files recently from a drive I couldn't access after a recent >> upgrade to XP SP3 and when I open the txt file, which I originally wrote in >> Notepad, the text itself is, well, messed up. >> >> Is there anyway to recover the text from these files? A different setting? >> Maybe a program? >> >> Any help is appreciated... thanks!
Guest Pimpedoutgeese Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Re: TXT trouble Because I wrote and saved the file myself. It was originally a text file. Could have happened in the recovery of the file. Let me try and pull it off the other harddrive. I'll post afterwards. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > This is obviously not a text file. The collection of 00s tells me that > you're dealing with a binary data file. What makes you think that > it should be a text file (other than its incorrect .txt extension)? > > > "Pimpedoutgeese" <Pimpedoutgeese@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:1763CB37-E8B7-4B72-8541-DAD5F6D8DD9C@microsoft.com... > > I'm sorry Pegasus.. I found out what you were talking about. > > > > :Here is the first few lines: > > 1379:0100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > 1379:0110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 34 00 68 13 > > 1379:0120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > 1379:0130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > > > > If you need more then this just let me know. > > > > "Pimpedoutgeese" wrote: > > > >> I recovered some files recently from a drive I couldn't access after a > >> recent > >> upgrade to XP SP3 and when I open the txt file, which I originally wrote > >> in > >> Notepad, the text itself is, well, messed up. > >> > >> Is there anyway to recover the text from these files? A different > >> setting? > >> Maybe a program? > >> > >> Any help is appreciated... thanks! > > >
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