My Pictures are not opening! HELP!

i scanned my computer last night with an antivirus, and now no pictures are opening on my computer. when i click on the picture windows fax viewer opens and says “no preview available”. i tried opening the pictures with paint but that didn’t work either. what do i do?! i have way too many pictures that i cannot afford to loose!

Re: My Pictures are not opening! HELP!

email it to yourself and try opening it on some other computer.

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okay i'll try

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first thing first .. do a backup of all your pics on a DVD rom .. and then investigate.

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oh that's not possible..i have like 10 gb worth of pictures and no dvd rom

okay they're not opening on other computers either! :(

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Try doing a system restore

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i'm not the most computer savvy person. i've heard of system restore but i don't know how to do it, how long it takes or anything about it. if someone can help me with that, i'll be willing to give it a try

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Its definitly worth a try and if it does create problems, you can unrestore(!) it back to the original state.

If you’re using XP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

If you’re using vista, go in control panel -classic view and click on ‘backup and restore cente’ and follow the instructions.

off topic but 10 GB worth of pictures require some serious backup .. what if your hard disk failed or you accidentally reformat your whole disk (I lost 3 years worth of pics cause I did that by accident :D)

Buy an external hard drive and backup your pics.

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^ 3 yrs worth? wow that's terrible..yeah i've been told to buy an external hard drive..i'll get one soon

alright i’ll give it a try, thanks

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okay i just tried system restore but the only restore point available is todays! and that's not going to help my picture problem..what do i do?!

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hmm that is a problem, lemme think...i'll get back to you!

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What extension are they in like tiff, jpeg, gif or any other? Make sure their file type is not changed somehow.

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they're all jpegs..they didn't change..i just can't view them

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Are you using AOL or Compuserve by any chance?

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^no i'm not

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i still need help... :(

Re: My Pictures are not opening! HELP!

erm tried most avenues..only thing I can suggest to you is you try out some data recovery software which might help. I havnt used any so cant recommend.