And I also tried to find the windows. File History is turned off and when I try to change the drive for downloads, I get the msg: no usable drives found. And to make matters worse, the website where I purchased this product is now suspended so I'm thinking it's a scam but that still doesn't solve my problem with the missing files.
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About 3 days ago, I had problems with my Windows 10 key it stopped working and I thought I'd update the program and then noticed that all of the files that had been downloaded prior to Feb 9th going back years were now not in the download folder or C drive.
When I try to choose another drive, I get an error msg that the drive can't be added. So I need help with finding out how to fix the file history issue or how to find where all of my downloaded files have disappeared.
I lost a lot of important files that I really need to find. I'm a grad school student and many of my saved papers have gone missing. Like I said, all downloaded files going back to are now reachable.
Can anybody advise me? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. If I can think of anywhere else your files might be, I'll add to this post. Check File History. Check OneDrive. Try file recovery. Regardless of whether you agree with me or not, you need to protect yourself, and the easiest way is simply to move the files elsewhere once downloaded.
Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. Download right-click, Save-As Duration: — 4. It may still exist in other tools, however. N assumed it was win I have never had this issue myself. I usually end up having to clear out the Downloads folder myself, so I am not missing anything current that i may have downloaded.
You mention that the option is being removed in a future version. The option to cleanup the downloads folder or to NOT delete the downloads folder? BTW, I did have a subdirectory inside my downloads folder deleted by disk cleanup once. Lesson learned. Another option. This also applies if you are using a download manager.
Excellent suggestions. I downloaded the user manual for my new cell phone to the download folder. It was there for less than a week before it was gone. I found it in my setup folder where I keep the installation files for the apps on my computer. Good to know even if it is thirty five years or so late. Maybe some of them are still on my computer and nobody knows where Microsoft put them.
It will find ,as its name implies, Everything even deleted files. You must check your hard drive to fix it:. Step 3: Check Disk Options dialog will show up and select any one of the following options to check and repair hard disk. Step 4: Select and check both "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of back sectors", then click "Start".
In another case, your files are likely to change location while the file disappeared from the computer happens. Have you made a backup plan for your PC? If you have backed up your important files, go and check your backup folders to find the missing files and folders.
If it's the other way around, you may need to read other methods. The fast startup is one of the reasons that cause your files missing in Windows To tackle the "file disappeared issue", we suggest closing Fast Startup. Check the steps and see it work:. Step 1. Input Power Options on the search box. Choose it. Change indexing option is available to check random files or folders. If your random files disappeared, these steps below may be helpful:.
Step 3. And then give you some suggestions about the related solutions. Of course, you can skip chapter 2 and go to chapter 3 directly if you're more interested in this part.
As you know, Win10 has a large number of users till now; and we have also discovered that "where are my files in Windows 10" becomes a hot question asked by a large number of people on Google. Taking these aspects into account, we plan to offer a specific guide on how to find lost files on Windows Please keep reading.
One of the most common causes for files missing from PC is unintentional deletion. Right now, we'll tell you how to recover deleted data from a computer running Windows If you want to use this software to recover your data, please choose the Personal Edition or more advanced edition. Free Download. Next , you should select the drive you'd like to recover data from. Then, click on "Scan" button in the lower right corner to search for deleted files and folders included in the selected drive.
At last , a lot of files and folders will be found and listed in the interface shown below. Add check marks for desired files and then click on " Save " button to set a storage path for them. When all selected files have been stored in appointed place, you will see a prompt window in the software, indicating that you can end the work to retrieve permanently deleted files from your computer.
Well, another question arises: how do I find a folder that has disappeared due to other reasons, for instance, all partitions are gone. In this case, another functional module — "Hard Disk Drive " — should be chosen. Acquire a license for MiniTool Power Data Recovery we guess you have a lot of data to restore when a whole partition is damaged or lost.
Install the software and use the license to register it. Firstly , navigate to " Hard Disk Drive " at Home. You will see all hard drives connected to PC are listed there.
Besides, all lost partitions and unallocated space if there are are also there waiting to be recovered.
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