Lost pictures on Windows 7 from power outage
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DelJo63
Oh mary; I feel your pain. Were the pics within one folder and now they're ALL missing?
Yes. They were in the library, pictures. The documents folder is also empty.
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DelJo63
Then you've lost all documents saved in the default location (which is documents). you may have other files, where you saved them to the desktop (my wife does this all the time :grr
or other directories not withing documents.
I fear you have major issues as yet undiscovered - - do this:
login as Admin and get a command prompt (start->search and enter CMD and hit enter)
now type
when it does ( it will take ~30-60 minutes depending upon the size of your hd),
login as your normal account and attempt to access documents again
or other directories not withing documents.I fear you have major issues as yet undiscovered - - do this:
login as Admin and get a command prompt (start->search and enter CMD and hit enter)
now type
- chkdsk c: /f /r
when it does ( it will take ~30-60 minutes depending upon the size of your hd),
login as your normal account and attempt to access documents again
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DelJo63
Before that, access the Disk Mgr (control->admin tools->computer Mgmt->disk Mgr)
how does the DISK0 show up; should have a couple of partitions, one (C NTFS, Healthy
then get a command prompt and enter
how does the DISK0 show up; should have a couple of partitions, one (C
NTFS, Healthythen get a command prompt and enter
dir %USERPROFILE%\documents
is there anything there?
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DelJo63
Hmm; the partition is ok and that directory is just empty. Unless you have backups, you're out of luck.
The only choice is to send the HD to a data recovery shop and that gets very expensive. Last time is was more that $700
The only choice is to send the HD to a data recovery shop and that gets very expensive. Last time is was more that $700
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DelJo63
SADLY, NO
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DelJo63
You have a strange situation. My experience has been that a power outage corrupts the disk partition table.
You're showing that it has emptied a directory and left everything else alone.
You also now have no sub directories withing Documents\ . . . was that true previously?
You're showing that it has emptied a directory and left everything else alone.
You also now have no sub directories withing Documents\ . . . was that true previously?
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DelJo63
Hmm; Libraries is not a direct location on the HD.
The user's documents are and they are located at
The Libraries are seen at
SO, what do you find?
The user's documents are and they are located at
- dir %USERPROFILE%\documents
The Libraries are seen at
- dir %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows
- 07/19/2015 02:31 PM 3,968 Documents.library-ms
- 06/09/2015 08:30 AM 2,970 Music.library-ms
- 06/05/2015 10:36 AM 9,914 Pictures.library-ms
- 06/05/2015 10:36 AM 9,329 Videos.library-ms
SO, what do you find?
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DelJo63
btw;
A library's default save location determines where an item will be stored when it's copied, moved, or saved to the library.
Bet yours are somewhere else
A library's default save location determines where an item will be stored when it's copied, moved, or saved to the library.
- Open the Documents library
- In the library pane (above the file list), next to Includes, click Locations.
Bet yours are somewhere else
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DelJo63
That says your pictures and user saved documents should be found at
dir %USERPROFILE%\*.jpg
if you find them there, then
I would suppose you want your pictures in the Pictures\ folder ? we need to make that the default location.
dir %USERPROFILE%\*.jpg
if you find them there, then
cd %USERPROFILE%
explorer . << notice the '.' period
now you can move them where you pleaseexplorer . << notice the '.' period
I would suppose you want your pictures in the Pictures\ folder ? we need to make that the default location.
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DelJo63
That's correct and that is the value held in the variable %USERPROFILE%
At that prompt, type dir *.jpg - - do you see any?
At that prompt, type dir *.jpg - - do you see any?
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DelJo63
Sorry Mary, I'm out of ideas.
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