I accidentally deleted all text files that have "xd" in them, could this mess something up?

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So I was cleaning out some random TXD files I had in my computer via the Start button, and using the search box to find all files that had .txd in them, and I accidentally just typed "xd" and deleted a lot of .txt files permanently, I'm really frustrated because I don't know if that could have messed something up or not, everything seems to be working fine as of now, and I think the files that were deleted ranged between 300-350 .txt files.. Around 7.60mb's, don't ask how I did this, I just did. So do you guys/girls think something could be wrong with my Computer now? Will a system restore restore the text files? Should I format my hard drives and have a clean install? Please help!

Edit: I only typed "xd" so I don't know if it was ALL text files that were being deleted, but most icons appeared to be the text icons, so should I just do a startup repair with my Windows 7 CD?
 
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I can't think of any system critical files that have a .txt extension.
You will have lost a ton (well, 300-350ish) of log files, 'read me' files, notes, documentation, and so on. But not system or application code.

A system restore should do exactly what it advertises - restore. But depending on the backup software you are using it may only roll back particular past software installs, or it might cover everything. You will have to read up on what you are using.

Don't format/re-install unless you identify a problem that would only be resolved by doing that.
 
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Firstly, I had no idea if they were ALL text files, as I only typed "xd", so something else could have been deleted, I don't know. Secondly, I restarted the computer and everything worked fluently, no issues so far again. Third Most, I do have my OEM Windows 7 Disc + Registration key, so do you think I should do a startup/repair just to be safe?
 
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No, they are not, I permanently deleted them from the recycle bin.
 
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Should I do the repair setup just to be safe?
 
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Well, that's not really helpful to this time and moment, but I'll keep that in mind for the next time something like this happens..
 
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So any ideas as to what I should do? Considering I deleted over 300-350 files that might not have been text files..? I typed in "xd" so I'm pretty sure more things then text documents could have showed up that I deleted permanently... Everything seems to be functioning properly so far, so now it's just a problem with deleted files that could potentially be critical, but I'm not the expert here, and I still really don't know what to do.
 
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Hard to say. If everything seems to be working, leave it.
Otherwise, fall back to a restore point or reinstall.
 
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I literally did an update right before this from windows, so should I just do the restore point anyways? All I'll loose is a few windows updates that I can easily download in a few seconds anyways.
 
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