Sdw files saved on old computer appear as symbols on new computer

i have some sdw files saved on a cd from my old computer and when i opened one of the files on my new computer the document was all ########## throughout it. how do i get the document back to the way it was so i can read it. i still have my old computer but it hasnt been used in a long time and i really dont want to go back to using it. I get a window that opens and says ASCII filter options at the top of it and i dont know what to have as character set. Western Europe is highlighted but when i clicked OK thats when the document appears and it has ######### throughout it. I have 32 files on the cd and I'm not sure if all of them have ######## throughout them. when i tried opening the document in microsoft office it was blank. there was nothing on the pages and i know there is something there. would like to see the document on my staroffice program. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Well no one responded to my problem and i think i figured out why i couldnt see the documents on the cd rw disc i put them on that disc on an old computer that has windows 98 on it and my new computer has windows 7 on it.
Edited by: panda349 on Aug 26, 2010 12:47 PM
Edited by: panda349 on Aug 26, 2010 3:17 PM

i found another cd with i think the same files on it. its not a cd rw disc. I got my sisters old laptop that has windows 98 on it and i opened one of the files and i could see it so i saved it to a floppy disc as a rich text format file and i opened it on my computer and there it was. i was so happy. But down the road i will eventually try that cd rw on my old computer that has windows 98 on it to see if theres anything in the files saved on that disc. I cant get to that old computer at the moment. I even tried the disc i found with the files on it on my new computer and i couldnt read one of the files it had symbols and y's across the page. Good thing my sister still had her old laptop with windows 98 on it or I would have been screwed to see what was on the cd.

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