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Hello.
I lost a file and used icare, a recovery program. I have recovered some files in a .tmp folder, although I do not know if the file I need is in there.
I used notepad to open that file, but it is composed of un-readable, illegible characters.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Thank you.
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What type of file was it? (For exampe: .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .doc, .xlsx, .zip, .exe, ...?)
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Thank you for your reply.
It was a document prepared in Office Word,
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When viewing a .docx file in Notepad, the very first two characters would be PK, followed by mostly gobbledygook.
More info: https://en.wikipedia...file_signatures
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As provided by SpywareDr it seems the file cannot be read. Thank you.
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Sorry to hear that. This is one of the very reasons regular backups are so important. Macrium Reflect Free
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Thank you, I will try that.
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Thanky you, SpywareDr. Actually, I had the same issue. And, with your linked wiki link, I easily found solution to sort that better!
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