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My Computer is Dell and i have a Win 7 64 bit PC and when i restart it there are loss of data's both on Local Disk C & D with MentioningSticky Note ....; How Can i Fix This Problem?

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Missing files from C: and D: after a reboot can result from several different root causes — file-system corruption, a Windows profile that failed to load (yielding a temporary profile), partition/drive‑letter changes, or outright hardware failure. The suggestions already posted are on the right track: and highlighted disk checks, described an off‑system recovery workflow, and called out the common “old user folder still exists” situation. The priority is containment and preservation before attempting any repairs.

  • Stop writing to the affected disks; continued boots, installs or automatic updates increase the chance of overwriting recoverable files.
  • Create a sector‑by‑sector image of the physical disk and perform all recovery work against that image. Working from an image preserves the original media for later specialist recovery if needed.
  • If the original user folder still exists under C:\Users, recover the Desktop/Documents/Pictures folders from that folder to a separate drive or the image. If permissions block access, take ownership from an elevated command prompt and then copy the data (example commands shown below).
  • Check Disk Management for missing partitions or drive‑letter reassignment; avoid initializing or reformatting any disk that shows as unknown.
  • If the filesystem is damaged and file recovery is the goal, run recovery tools against the image (not the original disk). If the objective is to repair the OS and a working backup exists, then on the original disk a repair utility can be used — after imaging.
  • Look for Volume Shadow Copies / “Previous Versions” on Windows 7; they sometimes contain recoverable files.
takeown /F "C:\Users\OldUser" /R /D Y
icacls  /grant Administrators:F /T "C:\Users\OldUser"

A temporary‑profile symptom (Windows logging into a clean desktop while the old folder remains on disk) points to a profile-load problem that can be fixed via the ProfileList registry key, but editing the registry is advanced and should only be attempted after personal data has been copied to safe storage. For mission‑critical data, a professional data‑recovery service is preferable to repeated risky repairs. After recovery, implement regular backups (file‑level plus occasional full disk images) to prevent recurrence.

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Member Avatar for rubberman

Have you run chkdisk on these disks/partitions?

Member Avatar for adam_30

Maybe the hard disk is damaged. For this you can use Scandisk or Chkdsk programs.

Member Avatar for rproffitt

While PC users eventually learn "we only lose what we don't backup" just last month it happened again and one of my clients had me try to recover.

This time RECUVA saved the day.

-> BIG HOWEVER !!!! <-

Since we can't run the OS or install apps the HDD was put into some USB case so I could run RECUVA on another PC to get the lost files copied out before they were overwritten.

Member Avatar for Mustafa_12

I saw this before, simply log in to any admin account, go the the users folder, if you see your old user folder then you can copy its content to the new folder, the case might be that you were logged in to a different user profile, and this happens when: either your old profile was a temporary profile, or your new profile is a temporary profile, or your old profile was damaged.

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