Changing text from strange lines of 00000etc back to plain English

[Sheena Mitchell]

Because of tech. problems I copied everrything on my computer on to floppy discs. As far as I know, I copied these in the usual way. However when reinstallikng text from the floppy discs back into the computer - a large document has changed from everyday English language to some type of gobbly-de-gook! It now looks as though there are pages and lines of 000 and some numbers and some sort of YYYY looking letters. I typed it in word and saved it and then later had to transfer it to a floppy disc - what have Idone wrong and can anyone out there help me to get my document back into plain English, please
Thank you

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Have you tried copying the file to the hard disk then entering Word and
using theOpen > Files of type (pop down menu) > "Recover Text from Any file"
feature. Its worth a try.

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.

Because of tech. problems I copied everrything on my computer on to floppy

discs. As far as I know, I copied these in the usual way. However when
reinstallikng text from the floppy discs back into the computer - a large
document has changed from everyday English language to some type of
gobbly-de-gook! It now looks as though there are pages and lines of 000 and
some numbers and some sort of YYYY looking letters. I typed it in word and
saved it and then later had to transfer it to a floppy disc - what have
Idone wrong and can anyone out there help me to get my document back into
plain English, please.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The document is corrupt. This is not surprising if you tried to open it from
a floppy. Don't ever save directly to or open directly from any kind of
removable media.

Because of tech. problems I copied everrything on my computer on to floppy

discs. As far as I know, I copied these in the usual way. However when
reinstallikng text from the floppy discs back into the computer - a large
document has changed from everyday English language to some type of
gobbly-de-gook! It now looks as though there are pages and lines of 000 and
some numbers and some sort of YYYY looking letters. I typed it in word and
saved it and then later had to transfer it to a floppy disc - what have
Idone wrong and can anyone out there help me to get my document back into
plain English, please.