Computer Crashed ---> .cpp files in unicode --> help :(

[nbgoku]

my computer crashed, and when i tryed to retreive lost data, i got my .cpp files back as these wierd symbols, im guessing unicode, well either way, i cant read anything that i wrote, wondering how can i restore the normal ascii characters?

 

[nbgoku]

actually i dont think its unicode characters, here wat some of the coding looks like

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904 0160281A C6A14E91 29AA38EE 27E5C
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any ideas?

 

[Salem]

I'd say your files are well and truly lost, and that the file system in an attempt to repair itself has simply assigned random disk blocks to your files.

There's nothing in whatever you posted which remotely resembles source code - unicode or otherwise.

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