Files in documents and downlaods mysteriously disappear


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    Files in documents and downlaods mysteriously disappear


    I'm baffled. Most of the files and folders in my documents & my downloads are gone. I'd say about 95%.

    I cannot find any patterns in which files have disappeared.
    In my documents it seems to be completely random as far as I can tell.
    In downloads all downlodas older than a week are gone except two PDF files from October 2014.

    My picture files, even ones edited recently, do not seem to be affected.

    I've installed steam a couple of days ago but I can't see how that could have caused anything like this.

    I appreciate any help in tyring to recover my files. The most recent backup I have is 30 days old
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  2. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #2

    I'm trying a Malewarebytes scan right now.
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  3. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #3

    I have no idea why those files might be missing. Its really a strange situation to me too.

    But you may try Recuva to attempt to recover those files.
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