office files scrambled

[Jim]

My files are scrambled like so

øù¤ ü - ú " -
ú ÿÿÿ " - ü - & $ eýí iý vý
ˆý% Âý, °ý. ¿ý+ Æý# Âý •ý «ý Ÿý “ý ‡ý
{ý pýø eýí ü ÿÿÿ - - - - X $ *
ÉüM ÄüT Àü\ ¼üf ºüq «ü| ¢ü Âü œüµ ŸüÉ ¥üÛ ­üé ¸üñ ¸üü ȟ ¿ü Åü Ãü+ ×ü5
áü= íüC ïüP óü^ øük þüx ý… ý‘ ý $ý¨ Eý™ Hý¤ Mý¯ Tý¼ ]ýÈ gýÕ sýá ýí Âý÷
›ý ªý ¸ý

I have tried office recovery and several recovery programmes with no results.

The 20% of files that were scrambled are desperatly needed, luckly I can
scan in 50% of the files but the other 50% are lost to me.
I did not alter the files in any way, one day it was ok the next day
gibberish. I am at a loss.

 

[Me]

My files are scrambled like so

øù¤ ü - ú " -
ú ÿÿÿ " - ü - & $ eýí iý vý
^ý% ý, °ý. ¿ý+ Æý# Âý .ý «ý Yý "ý ?ý
{ý pýø eýí ü ÿÿÿ - - - - X $ *
ÉüM ÄüT Àü\ ¼üf ºüq «ü| ¢ü ü oüµ YüÉ ¥üÛ ­üé ¸üñ ¸üü »ü ¿ü Åü Íü+
×ü5
áü= íüC ïüP óü^ øük þüx ý. ý' ý $ý¨ EýT Hý¤ Mý¯ Tý¼ ]ýÈ gýÕ sýá ýí
ý÷

ý ªý ¸ý

I have tried office recovery and several recovery programmes with no
results.

The 20% of files that were scrambled are desperatly needed, luckly I can
scan in 50% of the files but the other 50% are lost to me.
I did not alter the files in any way, one day it was ok the next day
gibberish. I am at a loss.

Scan for viruses, run a disk test, if that fails, use your back-up copy.

 

[Jim]

Virus scanner working at time no viruses. Disk check worked fine no problems.
Files From backup OK. Still woried in case this happens again and why it
should happen in the first place

My files are scrambled like so

øù¤ ü - ú " -
ú ÿÿÿ " - ü - & $ eýí iý vý
^ý% Âý, °ý. ¿ý+ Æý# Âý .ý «ý Yý "ý ?ý
{ý pýø eýí ü ÿÿÿ - - - - X $ *
ÉüM ÄüT Àü\ ¼üf ºüq «ü| ¢ü Âü oüµ YüÉ ¥üÛ ­üé ¸üñ ¸üü ȟ ¿ü Åü Ãü+
×ü5
áü= íüC ïüP óü^ øük þüx ý. ý' ý $ý¨ EýT Hý¤ Mý¯ Tý¼ ]ýÈ gýÕ sýá ýí
Âý÷

ý ªý ¸ý

I have tried office recovery and several recovery programmes with no
results.

The 20% of files that were scrambled are desperatly needed, luckly I can
scan in 50% of the files but the other 50% are lost to me.
I did not alter the files in any way, one day it was ok the next day
gibberish. I am at a loss.

Scan for viruses, run a disk test, if that fails, use your back-up copy.