notepad did open any file way back in the long ago, if it was plain text you could read it, if it was encrypted or an application's data file it would appear as the hex values of the data, that is a mass of garbage. so long as you don't try to save it in notepad it MIGHT be recoverable by an expert. >From your description of events leading to your 'lost' files I suggest you do a FULL system backup and then rum aggressive memory & disk tests to ensure that they are are not going bad.
mick in glen innes 2370 On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 at 01:17, Martin Groenescheij <mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote: > > On 18/08/2020 13:50, christopher spencer wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > Across the globe. Please are you able to help me. > > > > I have been typing a book on Open Office writer. Twice without any > warning > > the text disappeared totally. > > > > Twice I have re typed and after chapter 12 it vanished again. > > > > I have searched my list of Documents and found the Final Master label. > > > > I tapped into it and it lead me to Erased & Lost. files. > > > > I have found what I think to be the TWO books. > > > If TWO books disappears it means that you have the TWO books open at the > same time. > > TWO books with twelve chapters could be large documents and ask a lot > from your PC > especially when you have pictures in the document. So tell us a bit of > your configuration. > What Operating System and version as well as which version of OpenOffice > do you use? > > I could give you only one advice, split large documents in smaller > parts, you always could > merge them into one document later. One benefit is that you losing only > a portion of the > document > > > The code reads .>Notepad looks like this. a#s#m# etc > >> Open Office looks like this. #1#8#T#1 etc > > > I'm a bit surprised that you read the Erased & Lost files with Notepad > as all OpenOffice > files are stored as Zip files which could be corrupted by opening it > with applications > that are not designed to read Open Document Formats. > > > Please tell me are these Corrupted files beyond salvaging. > Here is were my expertise ends > > > > Thank you for any help that you can offer, and i mean THANK you. > > sincerely > > Christopher > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
