STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Claudia · Gucci

OMG

theotherjess · Chanel

Oh no. Calm down. Is there anyone you can call that knows a lot about computers? Did you back it up, have any of it in your email? Be careful what you do. Call tech support or a knowledgable (sp?) friend ASAP. I sooooo hope you can recover it. *crosses fingers*

Hermes

ooh... did you try a "system restore" on your computer?

Hermes

also, did you try opening any of the files?

Hermes

theotherjess wrote:

Oh no. Calm down. Is there anyone you can call that knows a lot about computers? Did you back it up, have any of it in your email? Be careful what you do. Call tech support or a knowledgable (sp?) friend ASAP. I sooooo hope you can recover it. *crosses fingers*

ok - I'll ditto this - I don't want to be responsible for screwing up your files any more than they are!

Claudia · Gucci

All my work was on my flash drive.

I had like 3 files opened from my flash drive. I went back to open one more and then it showed up like that.

This has never happened before.. You know what's weird too. When I open the files to see my pics on my digital camera when I have it connected to the USB port there is a file with weird characters.

Claudia · Gucci

no i didnt back it up any of my files.

my bro knows a lot but he is out of town and the bf is out of town too.

-- Edited by Claudia at 21:07, 2006-03-04

Claudia · Gucci

will a system restore work even if all my work was on my flash drive?

Hermes

is the flash drive a memory stick? I can't imagine a system restore would hurt anything, you can just pick the most recent date to restore to (it may not be able to detect any system changes at all)

Claudia · Gucci

yes the flash drive is a memory stick.

I'm going to ask my suuper smart CIS prof Monday. I hope he can help me.

Maat · Kenneth Cole

This might work: right click on the file and pick "open with" and then choose the program you created the file in.

NCshopper · Hermes

Maat wrote:

This might work: right click on the file and pick "open with" and then choose the program you created the file in.

Ditto. Or try right clicking the icon and renaming the file with a .doc extension. I don't think a system restore is going to help you since it's on your flash drive, unfortunately.

Hermes

Maat wrote:

This might work: right click on the file and pick "open with" and then choose the program you created the file in.

I actually thought about this this morning - it might work...

oh - and I suggested system restore because it may be the way your computer is reading the files, not the files themselves in the flash drive.

-- Edited by detroit at 10:15, 2006-03-05

relrel · Marc Jacobs

i actually sometimes get that that when i download something off of my school's blackboard and it goes into a temporary file. it's fine once i open it with word, or adobe, or whatever it is. but to be better safe than sorry...i wouldn't touch it until somebody can look at it for you.