Corrupting photos on my Satellite M50

Hi,
I have a Satellite M50-130 and have just started having a problem with photo files.
They have started to corrupt and the preview comes up with the words 'drawing failed' or 'no preview available'.
I can still see the thumbnail picture but the info for the file, ie the size and what camera was used is gone.
I'm not sure why this is happening and it doesn't appear to have stopped. I have opened old folders with photos in and found that one or two have corrupted.
It could have been from using ad-aware I guess. I did a system restore to another time but this didn't fix the problem.
Any other ideas?
Thanks

Hello James
Please do not be mad on me but I do not see any connection between described issue and Toshiba as notebook manufacturer.
In my opinion corrupting photos has something to do how you use your notebook and the whole stuff you have preinstalled on it. The fact is that under well running operating system you will be able to open all jpeg and bmp files (if not damaged).
Which kind of photos you have (jpeg or something else)? Have you tried to open this files on some other PC?

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