How to retrieve Unicode text from Notepad file saved as ANSI text file
I accidentally saved a file written in Greek as ANSI instead of Unicode. I had so much stuff written there, notes for my upcoming college exams and I really really need them. Now everything is ''???''
Is there a way to retrieve the file?
unicode ansi notepad
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
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I accidentally saved a file written in Greek as ANSI instead of Unicode. I had so much stuff written there, notes for my upcoming college exams and I really really need them. Now everything is ''???''
Is there a way to retrieve the file?
unicode ansi notepad
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
4,16482633
asked Jan 18 at 17:57
Antonis M.Antonis M.
21
add a comment |
I accidentally saved a file written in Greek as ANSI instead of Unicode. I had so much stuff written there, notes for my upcoming college exams and I really really need them. Now everything is ''???''
Is there a way to retrieve the file?
unicode ansi notepad
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
4,16482633
asked Jan 18 at 17:57
Antonis M.Antonis M.
21
I accidentally saved a file written in Greek as ANSI instead of Unicode. I had so much stuff written there, notes for my upcoming college exams and I really really need them. Now everything is ''???''
Is there a way to retrieve the file?
unicode ansi notepad
unicode ansi notepad
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
4,16482633
asked Jan 18 at 17:57
Antonis M.Antonis M.
21
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
4,16482633
asked Jan 18 at 17:57
Antonis M.Antonis M.
21
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
4,16482633
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
4,16482633
edited Jan 18 at 20:15
derloopkat
4,16482633
4,16482633
asked Jan 18 at 17:57
Antonis M.Antonis M.
21
asked Jan 18 at 17:57
Antonis M.Antonis M.
21
asked Jan 18 at 17:57
Antonis M.Antonis M.
21
21
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The data has been lost. Characters that your system's ANSI charset does not support were converted to ?, and you can't undo that. There is no recovering characters that were converted to ?.
Notepad should have warned you about the data loss before it allowed the file to be saved.
answered Jan 18 at 23:34
Remy LebeauRemy Lebeau
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The data has been lost. Characters that your system's ANSI charset does not support were converted to ?, and you can't undo that. There is no recovering characters that were converted to ?.
Notepad should have warned you about the data loss before it allowed the file to be saved.
answered Jan 18 at 23:34
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The data has been lost. Characters that your system's ANSI charset does not support were converted to ?, and you can't undo that. There is no recovering characters that were converted to ?.
Notepad should have warned you about the data loss before it allowed the file to be saved.
answered Jan 18 at 23:34
Remy LebeauRemy Lebeau
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The data has been lost. Characters that your system's ANSI charset does not support were converted to ?, and you can't undo that. There is no recovering characters that were converted to ?.
Notepad should have warned you about the data loss before it allowed the file to be saved.
answered Jan 18 at 23:34
Remy LebeauRemy Lebeau
334k18254450
The data has been lost. Characters that your system's ANSI charset does not support were converted to ?, and you can't undo that. There is no recovering characters that were converted to ?.
Notepad should have warned you about the data loss before it allowed the file to be saved.
answered Jan 18 at 23:34
Remy LebeauRemy Lebeau
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answered Jan 18 at 23:34
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answered Jan 18 at 23:34
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