PDF File Recovery

I had accidentally installed Windows over a Data Drive.  I have since had the Data recovered.  The most important documents were in the My Documents folder.  Hundreds of PDF files were recovered.  I'm attempting to open them, but most of them are saying the following:
"Adobe Reader could not open '<filename.pdf>' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded)."
Is there an Adobe Product available that can recover PDF Files?  If not, can someone recommend a PDF Recovery software?  These are all Data PDFs and receipts printed in PDF format.
Thank you.

Try to open one in WORD or other text editor (but do not edit or save). Does the PDF start with "%PDF-1.". If not, then there may not be much you can do.

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