All my sub-folders in 'my documents' have just disappeared. Help, please!?

Question

In 'My Documents' I have a selection of folders. Each folder contains it's own sub-folders filled with files, and some loose files are saved in there too. I opened 'My Documents' yesterday to find all of my sub-folders have disappeared from the computer. All loose work is still there though. I have tried searching for the documents and tried restoring the computer back to different dates but I am having absolutely no luck at all. I ran a Norton scan which delivered nothing. And I've checked the box which says show hidden files. Is there anything at all I can do to find these sub-folders?

Answer 1

Recycle Bin?

do you not have a back up folder of all your stuff?

if you cant find it anywhere else, i suggest you go and buy a memory usb thing, this way you can carry your work on it, so if anything gets deleted of your documents it will be there.

Also, go into word or something, click open file and if the stuff which you lost can be opened through it, then you may be on the wrong thing..

Hope i helped.

Btw, the best person to ask/contact is microsoft, or whoever your computer is with,.

Answer 2

a system restore...it will put ur computer in a previous state...pretty much like time travel

go to

start > programmes >accesories > system tools > system restore

and just follow the instructions...it will show a calender...choose the date you lost the files and your computer will time travel =0 =)