Windows 10: Photo and document files suddenly empty, home screen gone etc., etc.,

I have an old Dell desktop. Upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 in February 2023 following YouTube tutorial using an ISO file. Couple of days ago I turned on the computer and when I returned to it a half hour later the tower was racing and the screen was black. I moved the mouse and clicked with it but the screen stayed black so I turned the power off. When I turned it back on there was no wallpaper before login. The password worked but the screen was different. No more Google Chrome on the task bar, and when I did find another route to using it, it no longer had AdBlock Plus ABP as an ex

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how to save scanned photos and documents to computer

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to give permission for entire system, so that you can save the files in photos and documents.

• Right click on the folder and click on properties.
• Click on security tab and select the group\user name.
• Click on edit option and check the option full control.
• Click on apply and then on ok button.

Now you can try saving the file in photos and documents and check if the issue persists.

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

how to save scanned photos and documents to computer

Unfortunately, after following your instructions, the problem persists.

 

External HDD visable but suddenly gone unreadable

Continuing .....

Note: The disk I am using for the screenshots is 750GB. Your source disk should show as 3000GB with sector size = 512 which we will be changing to 4096.

On the fifth screen you posted















If your only partition is shown and you get " Structure OK, blah ...blah....", highlight that partition and press P (Shift+ P ) (Capital P) to list the files. Post a screenshot.

If your files are listed, you can select those and copy to your 2TB Destination disk into the Recovery folder . If that drive letter is say I: then your destination to copy the files will be Directory I: \ Recovery ( Replace I with the actual drive letter of your 2TB Destination drive you noted in the second screen)

How to copy files listed by TestDisk:

Please read my post #28 here https://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...ml#post2395385
(Note:Screenshot 5 onwards where the files are listed applies here. Ignore the first four screenshots in that post.)

At any point during the recovery process, if you have any doubts, post a screenshot and ask for clarification.