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Whole Directory Suddenly Gone - How? Why? How to get back?
I was creating sub directories and then searching on a file extension - such as 'mp4' and then highlighting all found files and dragging them into these subdirectories.
Moving them.
emptying the original directory and sorting the files.
Suddenly everything vanished.
Some kind of slip of the finger somewhere in the middle of the keyboard at the right side - my right little finger or somewhere around there - and the whole original directory is gone and all the subdirectories.
And nothing is in the recycle bin.
Any clues on what's going on with this latest windows madness?
any help?
p.s. I can still see the directory in the directory tree structure in the left pane. But if I click on it I get a message that it is unavailable..
A 'location unavailable' message.
A message saying make sure the device is connected and if it is then maybe the files have been moved or deleted..... !!
Windows tells me that it may have moved and deleted files and yet still be showing them as existing... !!
I have a good search tool (everything) and it does not find the directory anywhere. So much for having moved it.
In the recycle bin I don't find the directory.