Recover lost files on Windows 10 Quandry

mikeincousa · 24 May 2021

In moving a batch of files from one sub-directory to another I lost the contents of folder. Not sure how I did that: I cannot replicate what I did. I did not have the cluster backed up: none of the files appear in the Recycle Bin

The files were in a folder" C:\Users\mikei\Documents\00.sort.file\ukulele". I am not able to find two sample files using the LibreOffice Recent Documents drop-down menu. The individual files in the folder would be defined as *.pdf, *.jpeg, *. txt the best I can recall. There may be a sub-directory or two?

I have installed: "Windows File Recovery Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved Version: 0.1.20151.0".

I quickly reviewed: " How to Use Microsoft’s “Windows File Recovery” on Windows 10 " I have looked at the basic methods but I do have a clue how to search for a group of files in a sub-directory.

Maybe is not possible?

I have also downloaded Anyrecover and Easeus. I find both of these daunting.

Thanks for your guidance.

PS....
I now recall that I was moving the lot by highlighting them then applying the copy command. I think I lost them when I tried to paste them into a different folder.

Digital Life · 25 May 2021

Check your OneDrive in a web broswer, If your lucky they may be in the recycle bin there or even still in the Documents folder.

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Try3 · 25 May 2021

Mike,

I can't tell from what you have written. Have you done a straightforward whole computer search for some of the filenames on the assumption that you merely dropped them into the wrong place?

Personally, I'd enable viewing hidden & system items [in case you dropped them into a hidden folder] first and I'd use a third party search tool rather than Windows search so I was not limited in where it looked. TreeSize [Free] would also be a decent choice since it has search capabilities.

Best of luck,
Denis