[Solved] Paper replaced with pound signs(#)

[2dani0c0]

My computer crashed, when i went to get back on my document the ASCII filter popped up on launch, i pressed okay, but my paper came up in all pound signs. Is there anyway to recover it?

[RoryOF]

As soon as possible do the following:

Download Recuva (Windows only) or PhotoRec for Win, MacOS, Linux and other OSes (only one needed) and let it do an in-depth recovery of deleted files on your computer. You may get a file containing some or all of your data (or not). Do this as a first priority; other use of the computer may overwrite any existing but deleted files and prevent their recovery. There is no guarantee that you will recover anything useful.

[Hagar Delest]

See: [Tutorial] The Dreaded Pound Signs: file reduced to ####.
Good luck.

I hope you had backups.

[2dani0c0]

Thank you so much, i was able to retrieve most of my paper.

[FJCC]

Which recovery method worked? I have seen very few successful recoveries.