I lost a folder with many ascii files (mainly js, and xml files). After learning about Recuva I gave it a try, and it looked very promising. Most of the deleted files was reported as salvageable. But after the recovery process, it didn't look that good any more, as all the ascii files I have checked so far are now corrupt.
My text files now looks like this...
–ìHßîc}#ƒEX>‰CBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/ëš2íÄBŠÓfÍ¿/
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Probably not much that can be done about it.
