A strange problem and a few ways to solve it
How to Fix 'Cannot read from the source file or disk' Error in Windows 10/8/7/8.1
Digital file storage is incredibly reliable these days, but that doesn’t mean things can’t go wrong every now and then. You might be going about your daily business, trying to open or copy a file in Windows, and suddenly the error message “Cannot read from the source file or disk” jumps out at you like an unwanted Halloween prank.
It can be frustrating when your valuable data seems out of reach, but there are many solutions that will keep you from giving up hope of recovering your data!
Yes, it's a cliché. But the first thing you should try on a Windows computer that says it can't read your data is to turn it off. Then take a deep breath, count to ten, and turn it back on.
