a few files in my documents have disappeared, Help!

Anonamys

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Some files on my computer has disappeared and it is really weird.
I record audio files on my computer and use them in youtube videos, i recorded some the other day and everything seemed fine, then today when i was going to use it in an editing software some of the files were gone. I saved them in my documents folder(win8) and they are nowhere to be found, i remember the file names but they are simply not there. Now, heres the weird part: if i rename another sound file to the name of the "Lost File" i get a message telling me"do you want to change the filename to filename(2). Implying that the original file does indeed exist in the folder somewhere as i never reuse filenames..Help!!!
 
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Hi,

Maybe an obvious answer but have you checked if the files are hidden or marked as system files. This usually does not happen automatically. Also check "Show hidden files" and "Show system files" in folder options and see if that helps.
Open cmd and go to the location.
type "dir /h"
Check if you can see those files.
As i said, its might be obvious since you haven't mentioned if you check hidden file or no.

durgesh86

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Hi,

Maybe an obvious answer but have you checked if the files are hidden or marked as system files. This usually does not happen automatically. Also check "Show hidden files" and "Show system files" in folder options and see if that helps.
Open cmd and go to the location.
type "dir /h"
Check if you can see those files.
As i said, its might be obvious since you haven't mentioned if you check hidden file or no.
 
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