Files Look Weird. Won't Open

This is what my WD backup drive looks when I go to retrieve something from that drive. What’s going on?  Have I lost my files.

 I have security and scan my system regularly.

The files are corrupted

look for a recovery software

try running chkdsk on the drive and see if able to fix

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Ran checkdisk, which made the files further inaccessible.

Try using TestDisk or Recuva to restore the corrupted files

I’ve gone through all the steps of Testdisk but I’m at the point where it’s asking me if I want to “Write partition table?” Do I say yes to that step?

Did not get that message the time I used

check this tutorial

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step