Recover OpenOffice files after hard drive failure

[TRwilson]

Hello Everyone.

I have a problem and my none computer friend did not made a backup.
His hard drive was reload with windows.
I used Easeus to get his files back and I did do this now in the folders there are many copies of the .ods file and when I try to open the I get a ASii Filter Options on all his files I have tried looking for the temp files same thing with them?

Any help would be great.

Thomas

[John_Ha]

If you get the ASCII filter option when you open a .ods or .doc or .docx file then that file is completely corrupted and has no user data in it.

I am astonished that more than one file is corrupted like that - are you absolutely certain that more than one is bad?

Try downloading this .odt file - can you open it?

I doubt searching for temporary files will work as so much of the disk will have been overwritten by the W10 upgrade but yu can try. See [Tutorial] How to find and un-delete AOO temporary files for detailed instructions on how to

a) use Previous Versions (W7 and later) to recover previous versions of the file (is there something similar on MacOS and Linux?);

b) recover your file as it was when you last opened or saved it, or as it was when it was last saved with AutoRecovery;

c) find previous versions of the file in the folder it is located in, but which have since been deleted;

d) find any temporary files AOO wrote while you were editing the file but which have not yet been deleted;

e) un-delete the temporary files AOO wrote while you were editing the file, and then deleted. d) and e) will recover your file as it was when you last opened or you last saved it.

If you cannot follow the instructions ask someone with more PC skills to help you. Act quickly - the longer you wait the more likely any temporary files are to be deleted.