I save all my files on a CD. Today, I accessed two excel files that pertain
to paychecks and mileage for tax purposes. After saving them by clicking the
disk icon on the toolbar, I accessed them later only to have garbage come up
on the screen. I noticed one thing different at the bottom of the excel
window. It indicated "TEXT OPENING filename" with a progress bar. Then I
get what looks like a lot of greek junk on the screen.

Here is a sample of what is displayed: youyyuyeoyy.........
Each letter as symbols over them, ie two dots or ` ^, and some
letters/symbols are special characters.

Can anyone please tell what is going?

Thanks,
Les