Roudi
First Post
The My Documents folder on this computer has suddenly gone from containing nearly 8 gigabytes of files (including product drafts, all my music, and all my gaming PDFs) to containing a single empty folder. Yet, my system is still showing the same amount of free space available on my hard drive as I had before these files went missing.
There are only three occurrences I can think of that might be the cause of this.
1) Windows performed a disk check at startup this morning. It has performed this disk check numerous times in the past without incident.
2) Windows told me there were updates available for download (three security updates, a malicious software removal update, and a security fix for Outlook Express). I authorized Windows to download the updates but the progress bar disappeared. It has yet to ask me to install the updates as Windows normally does.
3) The kittens walked across the keyboard. I heard the PC speaker beep once.
I am very troubled. I've lost a lot of very important work, and I also don't have any extra disk space to show for it. Ideas?
There are only three occurrences I can think of that might be the cause of this.
1) Windows performed a disk check at startup this morning. It has performed this disk check numerous times in the past without incident.
2) Windows told me there were updates available for download (three security updates, a malicious software removal update, and a security fix for Outlook Express). I authorized Windows to download the updates but the progress bar disappeared. It has yet to ask me to install the updates as Windows normally does.
3) The kittens walked across the keyboard. I heard the PC speaker beep once.
I am very troubled. I've lost a lot of very important work, and I also don't have any extra disk space to show for it. Ideas?
