How Can I read Damaged text files

adamakawa01

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Hello guys, After my flash drive was formatted by mistake. I tried several recovery programs untill I recoverd the files i was looking for. However, All of my important Txt Files show weird words and sings like this : Æ6#wÅê§$¸½%Õ§áÚ¬:E+!ºÄtÈ‘²sF<ÚªrÀ'Íïß§ºfsÃG9âB Vöã)Sà›+¤¢Y@õ²þÌüYÞÀéb¢e ¹d>%„#eƒÈñt¼O'—y ÄA$Z €?ÿ%qV

I really need those files, it contain some really important passwords and months of work.
Thank you.
 

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PC/Desktop
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windows 8 64bit
Welcome to the forum.
Sorry, can't help you with recovery. This may not be possible.
Flash drives are the least reliable of modern storage media. In addition other is the risk that the device may be lost, stolen, or physically damaged. These devices should be used primarily as a transport media. They are not sufficiently reliable for primary storage of important files. All files of any importance should have at least one backup copy, two or more back copies if the files are of particular importance. Recovery after an incident cannot be relied on.
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
CPU
Xeon W3520
Memory
8 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia Geforce 210
What exactly is the name and model of the flash drive? What exactly was the format utility and what exactly was the format command? If the data folders and files were not over-written, if only the directory and location markers were over-written, there is a very slim chance of file recovery.
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Antec desktop; Acer Aspire laptops
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU
Desktop i5; Acers i5 & i7
Memory
desktop 16GB; 1 Acer 8GB & 1 Acer 16GB
Hard Drives
1TB split into 2 equal partitions [OS and data] usable by RJS
Internet Speed
AT&T DSL
Browser
FF, GChrome, msIE
Other Info
Windows 7 Firewall, Emsisoft AM/AV, MSE [scan-only], SpywareBlaster, Ruiware/BillP combine
For "Quick Format", there is a possibility.

Quick format do not do anything on the sectors HDD.
It merely rewrite the disk only.
 

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Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba L630 and L735
OS
Windows 7 x64
Hard Drives
240 GB SSD
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