Mav Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 i know some things belong in some forums but Nite doesnt seem to have a generic "tech" subforum, so I'll ask here and hope its ok. i had to reformat a few weeks ago, not much of a problem. before i had to reformat, we'll say a few weeks before, I managed to take several sets of, cd keys I had for various things, and place them in a .txt file I think randomly named the file, and changed it to something obscure that you wouldnt think to look for, so it was named s8398se.mov or something similar. Normally in the past, you could just rename it back to .txt and everything is ok. Well, now it's not ok. This .mov was on my personal ftp, small small file so it wasnt taking space. It was in it's on directory, that could not be viewed pubically, so I know no one accessed it via http. When I download the .mov now off my ftp, and rename it .txt all the text, which was normal text before, is in a bunch of ASCII jumbled letters and words. I've tried re dling it, opening it in word, notepad, you name it. It's not like a huge, loss to not have these, but for a simple matter of convience, I'd like to get them back. Figured some of us geeks might know. Thnx in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x5315 Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 try downloading it in binary format rather than ascii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str82u Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Yeah, that's what I thought to. I haven't worried about that in a while, but I have one of those programs that knows what to do with files. Of course, that same program would screw it up because of the extention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 same thing, even if i use binary or ascii download using WS FTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted November 18, 2005 Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 bump, if someone can help i'd appreciate it very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones2097 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 find your original docs/ boxes... ;) sorry couldn't resist.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str82u Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Give me the address the file if it's downloadable from the outside. Have you tried to rename it on the server? Most ftp programes will allow and extention change. If your's doesn't I'll send you mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted November 19, 2005 Author Share Posted November 19, 2005 Yea I can rename it server side But even renaming it server side, then dling it, still results in the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foil Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Yea I can rename it server side But even renaming it server side, then dling it, still results in the same thing I know this sounds kind of obvious, but have you tried renaming with an .xls extension instead?. Maybe you did it in excel or some other program and convinced your self otherwise (I know this could happen to me). Also, the symbols you are indicating would occur if you rename an .xls to .txt if I recall properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted November 19, 2005 Author Share Posted November 19, 2005 Yea I can rename it server side But even renaming it server side, then dling it, still results in the same thing I know this sounds kind of obvious, but have you tried renaming with an .xls extension instead?. Maybe you did it in excel or some other program and convinced your self otherwise (I know this could happen to me). Also, the symbols you are indicating would occur if you rename an .xls to .txt if I recall properly. Absolutely completely 100% positive I did it in Notepad as .txt MS Excel, would require MS Office which I have never installed, even in the past. I always stuck to Notepad and Wordpad for any text editing needs I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 still no luck getting this to work :( of all the times i've changed extensions on something this is the first to have it screw up on me. of course it has to happen on a file that has cd keys I really need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foil Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Are there not ascii readers out there? I dont know, I'm grasping at straws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyran Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 ok we get the picture which serials do you need ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 ok we get the picture which serials do you need ? They are serial's I've saved over the years, to games. They are verified, working serials that allow for online play in several games (meaning they aren't just random keygen'ed ones). They have quite a value as most of the games they are for still retail for over $20 each and are often sought after (though I save them for my personal use). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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