All filles gone? Everything from My Documents and My Pictures invisible? FREE SWOOSH ACCOUNT

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

I woke up one morning and all of my files on my laptop were gone...but when I click on the properties of the folders where they were stored it still shows that they are in there, but for some reason I just cannot see them?  If I do a search the specific folder where the pictures from that day or event will show up, but the files/images will not display in the folder.

Has anybody encountered this problem?  I have thousands of pictures and a lot of work files or such that would be great to be able to access.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

*I will hook any person who can fix this issue and help me access these files with a SWOOSH account.

 

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

I will hook any NTer up with a free SWOOSH account if they can help solve this issue. 


Thanks

 

[young halo]

reboot and start in safe mode

then do a "system restore" to sometime last week (should be in your control panel)

what that will do is put your computer back to the settings you had on that date

after that you should be good

 

[carloszilla]

http://i838.photobucket.c...03/BeefyHaze/IMANOOB.gif

try that?

 

[ajiiiplatinum]

You got a malaware virus hiding your doc.

this helped me last time.

http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-remove-malware-protection.html

 

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

I already did the system restore to some earlier points...thanks for the suggestion, but it was still hiding the files.  I am guessing this was a dormant virus or something.


Let me try the malware removal link.  Thanks.

 

[Sam Darnold Heisman #8]

your files are prob hidden. if you check the amount of hrd drive space on your comp and that hasnt changed then thats what it is. if you have xp open up a windows folder click on "oganize" in the upper left hand area then select "folder and search options" click on the view tab on the popup that comes up. select "show hidden files and folders" if all your files show up you possible have a malware. figure out what malware you have.

most likely download this:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill and run it

then download this:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/malwarebytes-anti-malware and do a full scan and remove the infected files

then to unhide your files download this:

http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe

 

[adobecs4]

Originally Posted by 940sicc3

reboot and start in safe mode

then do a "system restore" to sometime last week (should be in your control panel)

what that will do is put your computer back to the settings you had on that date

after that you should be good

/crisis

 

[solewoman]

check ur pm

 

[alleniversonfan01]

My mother had this happen to her computer. It was just that the files and folders were hidden. Just go to my computer > Tools in the system bar > Folder Options > View Tab > And under hidden files and folder just select show hidden files and folders. a

My mother didnt know how that got changed cuz she doesnt knows comps like that. But thats what worked for her. If that doesnt work then like its been said, maybe you have a malware virus. I use http://www.malwarebytes.org/. It works great and is free, just install and then run the update to get the malware definitions up to date and run a scan then restart the comp and you should be good.

 

[4318michaeljohnson4318]

Do a system restore to a later checkpoint before this happened.

PM me for my swoosh account

 

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

Matt Barkley....good looks.  Your combination got everything back in line within a few minutes here.

PM me your:

First and Last name

Email

Zip Code


And I will send you the SWOOSH invite so you can register for the account and get it going.


Thanks to everyone else who took the time to share the information...even if it required dangling out there.  If folks still want a SWOOSH account send me a PM or we can work it out via Paypal.  Who knows it was Birthday this week and I am feeling generous.

 

[solewoman]

weak! i sent the pm first!

 

[igotthatfireman]

Thanks again TS.... dude is real

 

[Grine]

Dang I missed this. I just sent an email to someone asking me about the virus. It was the same solution as MATT. LOL

Below is the eamil...

Download RKill and Malewarebyte and run it on your computer.



Click on the box that says - "Download Now. Cnet Secure Download".



RKill:



http://download.cnet.com/...000-8022_4-11464676.html



Malewarebyte:



http://download.cnet.com/...000-8022_4-10804572.html



Run RKILL FIRST. It will be a command prompt box. It will tell you when it's completed.


Once you do that Run the MalWareBytes, Perform a full scan. This will take awhile but it will detect all viruses you may have. You will want to delete all the viruses that is found (It will prompt and ask if you want them to be removed)



What OS are you running? If you are running XP, Vista or 7, I suggest that you download this free Microsoft Antivirus Software from Microsoft....



http://www.microsoft.com/..._essentials/default.aspx



Click where it says, Download It Free* Today

 

[kdawg]

Yeah, I had that and it was a bit frightening - but it just hid the files and once I'd followed those steps it was all fine - a couple of hours work.

 

[jesusshuttlesworth34]

I appreciate it man, one is only as real as their word....I am straight up man.

I will try and respond to any and all inquiries about this.


As someone asked how to get one:


-Paypal

-Somehow fix my background enabling to get my clearance back and my other jobs allow me to get rolling

-Smooth things over with my lady 

 

[mondaynightraw]

damn, i missed this..i knew the files were hidden

 

[sjuelz]

Originally Posted by mondaynightraw

damn, i missed this..i knew the files were hidden