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TjAitken's avatar
TjAitken
New member | Level 2
11 months ago

How can I get my corrupted data back?

Dropbox has gone whaco. my files are weird, some missing some strangely corrupted. What has happened and how can I retrieve /extract my stuff?

Had files for over a decade. Lenovo windows 10 support was failing so I bought a mac. Moved files to Dropbox. got notices of nearly full. stopped adding files. Can no longer open the Lenovo (says: missing operating system) Access from macbook now scrambled and weird.

How can I get my data back?  I',m devastated

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    11 months ago

    What exactly is happening on the Mac?

     

    Do you have a program on the Mac to open the files? For example Word docs will need something to open it etc. 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    4 months ago
    davisjenny wrote:

    were you able to get it back?

    Are you having a problem accessing files? Every situation is different, and whatever occurred here likely won't apply to your situation, if there is one.

    What problem are you having, exactly?

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