Stupid mistake, reversible?

SteinerKD

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So, made a pretty bad mistake just now.
I had my Documents library path as C:\DrS\Documents where DrS is a mount point for the S: drive. I decided I wanted to use S:\Documents instead so did the move library action selecting same location just to change the path used. Got the question about moving files and for some reason said yes, but as all files are already there I got the replace request and selected skip for all remaining.. big misstake.
Now I have a empty document folder and nothing in the trashcan, everything that was there have just vanished into thin air.

Is this possibly reversible to get back the files that were in the folder?
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!
 

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LoL, thank you! That's exactly what I'm trying right now. Luckily it's a very fresh system and I haven't moved any super important files there yet (I think), but I did have some current work there I don't want to lose.

And result was.. it found absolutely nothing :/
 

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Have you tried the Paragon Rescue Kit?

Rescue Kit Free Edition | PARAGON Software Group - free partition software, hard disk partitioning

Theog suggested this to me and although it was for a grunged MyBook, I rescued all my files. Whew!

BTW, once you download and burn to CD/DVD, you use it as a boot disk, not otherwise. There are several things on the Rescue Disk and one of them may help you.

Also, with Recuva, if you're told the path isn't good, click on Cancel and it will then show you a new "screen". Click on Scan and you may be able to see your folder/files then. I recovered a whole bunch of my files with Recuva, but it would take too long to get back 20 or 30 thousand files with it . . . and after I found out how to use Rescue Disk, it did the job for me.

And, bottom line: If you can get Recuva to find the files, since it's only one folder you've lost, it may be simpler.
 

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Tried scanning after a known filename and came up with nothing so now trying a deep scan, but that will take another 3-4 hours (pre used 1TB disk). Scan is at 7% and says it has found 93k+ files :p
Considering I selected to skip the overwrite and only changed the path I can't see why the files should be gone, pointers in filesystem maybe, but the data on the drive should be intact.
I wonder what would have happened if I had said yes to the overwrite question as the files would ahve been overwriting themselves?
 

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Another question . . . did you look into the Recycle Bin? Since you "did away" with the files, it may be they're there?

Of course, that's probably the first place you looked, but sometimes the most obvious solution escapes me. :eek:
 

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Yes I looked there and found nothing :/
I guess something weird happened since I selected to move the file over itself and then selected to skip the duplicates. Theoretically it moved 'away' the originals and then skipped writing them back and they mysteriously vanished. Best I can come up with, way weird.
 

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Ouch! Hope you can get it sorted :(

Have you enabled show hidden files and checked in hidden recycle bins?
 

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Did now, but nothing, there are 2-3 0-length files in each that I'm denied access to, but no matter where I look I can't see a trace of anything that could be my files. Recuva deep scan still running saying its found 111k+ files.
 

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LoL, asked on MS Windows FB page as well. Their brilliant suggestion to solve my dilemma was to run a refresh install of windows. Not quite sure how that would help any in this case?
 

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Try Paragon Rescue Disk and see if there's anything there to help you.
 

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I'm actually considering giving up and chalk it up to experience, it's not like there was THAT much in that folder. I would almost like to class this as a bug in either NTFS or Windows 8 though as a fairly simple mistake have REALLY managed to nuke the files.
It's not like I haven't got other issues with the new OS to sort :p
 

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I know, I know . . . thing is, just visiting here and reading teaches me a whole lot. I've learned a lot and hope to learn more.
 

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Sad thing is (now that I've given up) that simply saying "No" to moving the files when moving the library (as I was just changing the path reference and not actually moving it) would have left them in place and still accessible from the new library. (tried it after backing up the files from the next library).
Also tried repeating my action but selecting to overwrite copies (that I previously told it to skip) and that failed to, it can't overwrite itself so only option to finish the move would be to select to skip duplicates.. which as we know nuked the files into the stone age.
 

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