When I said it would need someone with high skills, all I was trying to do was spell out the high difficulty level of the problem. I was not trying to offend or insult anyone & I was offering anything I could do for free. I was just trying to make the world a better place John
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:07 AM, John Miller <jramil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Spoke to a friend, with more experience, He suggested this might help: > http://www.andybrain.com/archive/mb/open-office-data-recovery.htm > But it seems you are in difficult terrain here, from the best I can > gather, sorry. > > On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 8:09 PM, John Miller <jramil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Im absolutely really sorry, but I am not really trained in this field. I >> was only trained to 16. I have a BSc in chemistry, 1st, Best of year, Msc >> Pharmacology, PhD Chemistry & NIH fellowship. I've had seizures, so they >> won't let me work in a science lab anymore, or drive. I'm trying to advance >> my computer skills because of this, but I am not there yet. Best guess, I >> can give is you to try & look for Hard Drive data recovery experts, such as: >> https://www.rapid-data.net >> That was just the first I found, I had to hunt round. If this was 4 or 5 >> years on I would be more than happy to help but I am changing fields as a >> result of a massive run of bad luck >> Best regards >> John >> >> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Meadhbh Hayden <meadhbhhay...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, today i opened a word file (ODT format) and found that all my text >>> had >>> been replaced with hashtag (#) symbols. I was also shown an ASCII filter >>> pop up. I have looked at some support posts in the forum and it seems to >>> me >>> my file may be corrupted. Is there any way i can get my file back? I have >>> over 30 pages of writing that i would rather not rewrite! >>> (p.s; i am not that great with computers so if you have instructions for >>> me, please use english thanks) >>> >> >> >