items in folder just dissapeared... need help

[Guest]

So I'm on Vista and I have no idea what happened to items I had in a folder
on my D drive. I was surfing the web and I believe some update was in
progress and all of a sudden the computer restarted... once computer restarts
I go and check folder on the D drive and realize all the contents are
completely gone. No trace in Recycle Bin. Tried searching the whole computer.
Looked in quarantine files in Windows Defender. I found absolutely nothing. I
have no idea where the files went and how they dissapeared. I believe the
first sign of it missing was once the computer automatically restarted itself
after the updates. I dont believe there was any virus or spyware in there but
it could be possible, but the folder was about 10 gigs of material. I dont
understand how the whole thing got emptied. I dont think anything is wrong
with the hardrive because other folders on that same drive are also still
there with items inside. Anyone know what happened? Any way to get it back?

 

[Mac]

After restart did you log back in to the same account?

 

[Qu0ll]

So I'm on Vista and I have no idea what happened to items I had in a
folder
on my D drive. I was surfing the web and I believe some update was in
progress and all of a sudden the computer restarted... once computer
restarts
I go and check folder on the D drive and realize all the contents are
completely gone. No trace in Recycle Bin. Tried searching the whole
computer.
Looked in quarantine files in Windows Defender. I found absolutely
nothing. I
have no idea where the files went and how they dissapeared. I believe the
first sign of it missing was once the computer automatically restarted
itself
after the updates. I dont believe there was any virus or spyware in there
but
it could be possible, but the folder was about 10 gigs of material. I dont
understand how the whole thing got emptied. I dont think anything is wrong
with the hardrive because other folders on that same drive are also still
there with items inside. Anyone know what happened? Any way to get it
back?

Have you checked to see whether the total amount of space used on the disk
has reduced by about 10GB?

Did you have the files backed-up?

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[Paul Stotts]

Maybe check 'Control Panel/Uninstall a Program/View installed updates. See
what was installed on the date the problem happened.
A System Restore Point might help??

Paul

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately system restore was not on. Also I checked to make sure how much
space was gone and was approximately 10 gigs gone as well. I dont know what
happened. Still pretty baffled. Does Windows automatically delete filed for
some reason? Also there is only one account on the computer, and it is mine.

 

[Qu0ll]

Unfortunately system restore was not on. Also I checked to make sure how
much
space was gone and was approximately 10 gigs gone as well. I dont know
what
happened. Still pretty baffled. Does Windows automatically delete filed
for
some reason? Also there is only one account on the computer, and it is
mine.

Well no, as crappy as Vista may be, I don't think it has a feature that
deletes 10GB of user files just for the heck of it. I cannot explain what
has happened in your case other than to suggest that you may have
accidentally highlighted the folder(s) and pressed Del or Cut and not
realised it. Unfortunately without System Restore or a backup I'd say those
files are gone forever. Unless you want to try a recovery program that
scans a hard disk looking for deleted but not overwritten blocks. You will
probably have to pay for it though.

It's up to you: how important were those files?

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-Q
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