Windows 7 Missing Files

[barcodenation]

Ok so I have a computer with 8tb hdd's and 4 of them are mains. Today my kid deleted a folder called kids which has all her movies in it. I restored it from the recycle bin and the file is not showing back up in the folder. I would assume it's gone, but the free space on the hdd is the same. I went to folder options and checked view hidden files and it's still not there. So then I highlighted all the files and folders on that drive and it says there's only 733gb used but in my computer it says of 933 or w/e there's only 2.28gb free space left. so i'm missing 200gb.. If anyone can help me resolve this i'd be extremely grateful...

barcodenation Reviewed by barcodenation on 26th Feb 2010. Windows 7 Missing Files Ok so I have a computer with 8tb hdd's and 4 of them are mains. Today my kid deleted a folder called kids which has all her movies in it. I restored it from the recycle bin and the file is not showing back up in the folder. I would assume it's gone, but the free space on the hdd is the same. I went to folder options and checked view hidden files and it's still not there. So then I highlighted all the files and folders on that drive and it says there's only 733gb used but in my computer it says Rating: 5

[Daniel]

There is some programs you can use to restore deleted files.

Try google it.

[Gavo]

Press F8 when booting to get the boot menu, select Repair My Computer , then chkdsk

[barcodenation]

Could I do chkdsk while in windows on that drive?

[Lock Down]

Yes you can..

[zibo]

u need a recovery tool.

use r-studio run a scan over the hard disk. might take a whole day for your Terra HDDs. after that a huge list of files will be listed and you have to search for your files. You might find your files with different file name but same location or, in a totally different location (directory) this is what they call cross linked directories.

Atleast this is the case in windows xp. i don't know if windows 7 makes your life easy.

Anyway u will thank me after that since it saved my ass ALL the time, (almost)

[Alegria]

have you checked if the folder is not hidden?
als try to check if you can't see it using cmd

[barcodenation]

@ Alegria how do you use cmd to see it?

[barcodenation]

@ zibo I will try that after my dskchk finishes! It's been running for over an hour now lol

[Alegria]

open your cmd, go to the folder where your folder named kids shoul be and then type dir and it will show a list of all files and folders that are there

regards