Desktop almost completely deleted, recovery?

fataldarkness

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Ok longish story: Last night my computer lost power and died instantly because the battery was at 0% and my charger wasn't working. So I just decided to go to sleep and deal with it in the morning. Well I boot up my laptop and instead of my regular old crowed desktop with many important files, I get this:
nGbRr.jpg
please note that I have run virus scans and results show clean, as I also have not been using the internet for a while either. Should I try a system restore because it says it dosen`t affect documents? any other help is apprecited. Thanks in advance

-Fataldarkness
 

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have you checked too see if anything is hidden? ie right click/view/show desktop items.

there is malware that does something similar by hiding all your docs and icons, not particularly dangerous but annoying none the less.
 

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Yes I have, I even have show hidden items and folders checked. I am pretty sure this is not malware because there is no way I could have obtained it since I have not used the internet in a while and I have not downloaded anything since July 2nd. One other thing that makes me believe it is not malware is that it hid/deleted all of my folders, files and most of my icons but not all of them. Are you sure the sudden shutdown had nothing to do with this?
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 home Premium 64bitIntel Core i7-36108192MB RamNvidia GeForce GT 650M 2GB
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware - Dell
OS
Windows 7 home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7-3610
Memory
8192MB Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 2GB
Sound Card
SoundBlaster Recon 3di
Monitor(s) Displays
14" 720p laptop screen & 24" LG 1080p monitor
Screen Resolution
1366x768 & 1920x1080
Hard Drives
455GB SATA on NTFS
PSU
120 Watt Alienware charging cord
Keyboard
Steelseries Merc Stealth
Mouse
LG - Unknown
Internet Speed
5.00 MBps
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Google Chrome
Sorry for the double post but I really need this solved so *bump*
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 home Premium 64bitIntel Core i7-36108192MB RamNvidia GeForce GT 650M 2GB
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware - Dell
OS
Windows 7 home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel Core i7-3610
Memory
8192MB Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M 2GB
Sound Card
SoundBlaster Recon 3di
Monitor(s) Displays
14" 720p laptop screen & 24" LG 1080p monitor
Screen Resolution
1366x768 & 1920x1080
Hard Drives
455GB SATA on NTFS
PSU
120 Watt Alienware charging cord
Keyboard
Steelseries Merc Stealth
Mouse
LG - Unknown
Internet Speed
5.00 MBps
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Google Chrome
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