funny file names

[hector]

Please help

I uninstalled winME from my lap top which has a bugged acdrom. the c drive still has the names of files and directories but its in funny characters and with no extensions.

please help to retrieve these documents.

[AlwaysUp]

Are you going to reinstall your OS from a recovery disk? Not sure what you mean by a bugged cd-rom?

[aym]

If the file name is corrupted, what about the contents? Did you try to copy the file to another computer and open it?

[Blakhart]

See if there are any trial/free downloads from fixit utilities/ontrack.
They have a file undeleter that can regain a whole formatted os for you if you do your part. It helps to know the file extensions.

[GaryRouth]

. . . and what OS are you currently reading the c drive from?
. . . Gary