Cannot access text files

I have two text files which I cannot do anything with. They were originally each on a CF card which I transferred to a portable hard drive. Now I cannot transfer the files on to my PC. When I open up the text files using Notepad+ it’s blank even though one file is 14.3MB and the other 49.2MB.

I don’t think it’s the portable hard drive as it works normally with other files. I’ve tried repairing with checkdisk without success.

I also tried a sansdisk program I have at home but it mentioned something about ‘cyclic error’
There’s about three months’ worth of data on these files so I’m getting a bit desperate.

Any ideas what I can do?

try V http://fileviewer.com/ I have used this to open semi corrupt files and super large files. Opens as Read Only tho but you can copy the data out into another file ;-)

Cyclic Errors (CRC) pretty much does mean there is some level of corruption in the file tho :-(

Thanks I'll try that from home as I can't access that site at work.

I use notepad++ for pretty much everything. Handles large files really well and has lots of nice plugins. Might be worth giving that a punt but as said, it's probably corrupt :(

I already use it mate. I mentioned it in my original post.

You say the files were originally on a CF card, are they still on it? maybe they were corrupted during transfer to your portable hard drive.

Yeah it sounds that way.

I formatted the CF card unfortunately.

They may still be recoverable mate, try Recuva or one of the many other data recovery programs found in 'usual places'

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Originally Posted by ilscuro

They may still be recoverable mate, try Recuva or one of the many other data recovery programs found in 'usual places'

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Recuva found on their website http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download its free ;-)

Recuva didn't work but the fileviewer worked a treat. It took ages to open up as the file was so large but I got there in the end.

Typically I called my IT department a few days before posting this and they had nothing to offer me. They said the data would be lost and that was it. I wonder why some of them are still in a job.

Thank you very much, you saved three months of data for me.