i used the buffalo external hardrive and some stored files came up missing

CaliTheOne

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Jan 14, 2014
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I use the 2.0 TB Buffalo external hardrive. All the folders are there but half are empty !
Recycle is empty and there are no new folders that appeared. I'm the only person with PC access so is there any ideas as to what happened and how to retrieve my info ?