Instead of the original text only 0000 0000

Hello
My computer crashed and now I wanted to open a file in which I had text notes. Instead of text, an endless table has opened, where there is 01A0, 01B0 etc. in the left column and 0000 0000 0000 inside ...
Do you know how I can fix it, please?
Thank you
Kind regards,
Karel

It looks like your computer crashed and rewrite part of the HDD. Try to check your drive with command: chkdsk c: (change letter acording drive where your damaged file was stored)

Hello, thank you very much for your advice. I have done it and am sending the result:

C:\Windows\System32>chkdsk c:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Acer.

WARNING! /F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
995072 file records processed.
File verification completed.
Phase duration (File record verification): 10.02 seconds.
24192 large file records processed.
Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 12.84 milliseconds.
0 bad file records processed.
Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.22 milliseconds.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
7093 reparse records processed.
1312652 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
Phase duration (Index verification): 30.79 seconds.
0 unindexed files scanned.
Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 4.34 seconds.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 0.68 milliseconds.
7093 reparse records processed.
Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 63.39 milliseconds.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 53.43 milliseconds.
158791 data files processed.
Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 1.27 milliseconds.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
41947984 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Phase duration (USN journal verification): 246.86 milliseconds.
The Volume Bitmap is incorrect.
Windows has checked the file system and found problems.
Please run chkdsk /scan to find the problems and queue them for repair.

999027711 KB total disk space.
799224460 KB in 610906 files.
430588 KB in 158792 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
1145519 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
198227144 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
249756927 total allocation units on disk.
49556786 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 45.55 seconds (45550 ms).

C:\Windows\System32>

What should I do next, please?

Kind regards,
Karel

Unfortunately, I tried to open the file again, but again 0000 000.

The Volume Bitmap is incorrect.
Windows has checked the file system and found problems.
Please run chkdsk /scan to find the problems and queue them for repair.

Try to run this command with /scan and then with /F switch to let windows repair drive:
chkdsk C: /scan
after it:
chkdsk C: /f

it can take some time

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2025-02-19 07:03 by pspad.

Hello,

thank you very much for your willingness and help. I have done:

C:\Windows\System32>chkdsk C: /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Acer.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
995072 file records processed.
File verification completed.
Phase duration (File record verification): 10.82 seconds.
24246 large file records processed.
Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 13.71 milliseconds.
0 bad file records processed.
Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.82 milliseconds.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
7094 reparse records processed.
1312758 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
Phase duration (Index verification): 32.47 seconds.
0 unindexed files scanned.
Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 4.71 seconds.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 1.21 milliseconds.
7094 reparse records processed.
Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 24.81 milliseconds.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 75.91 milliseconds.
158844 data files processed.
Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 1.09 milliseconds.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
36957504 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Phase duration (USN journal verification): 288.40 milliseconds.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

999027711 KB total disk space.
805516236 KB in 611892 files.
431044 KB in 158845 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
1140719 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
191939712 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
249756927 total allocation units on disk.
47984928 allocation units available on disk.
Total duration: 48.42 seconds (48428 ms).

C:\Windows\System32>chkdsk C: /f
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Cannot lock current drive.

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

Should I confirm Y?

Thank you
Kind regards,
Karel

Because it's system volume, Windows can't fix drive when is used. When you confim yes, next reboot of your computer will start CheckDisk (with confirmation).
It will scan and repair your drive and boot into system.

The important question is: was your document really on the C: drive?

The file shows the path: C:\Users\cnfk\Downloads\

Should I allow "Y"?

Yes, answer yes to run after start and restart computer.
As I wrote before, on the begin of operating system start will appear message that CheckDisk will start with possibility to interrupt it.
Let it run, it will take a while