My video files are missing. A little red mark and subs are there.

[Anticleon]

My videos are missing in multiple folders within a folder. Just after restarting the laptop.
The subtitle files are there.
This is how the folders look now.

Can anyone please tell me how to recover them? Thank you.

 

[Anticleon]

 

[master_shake_]

cryptovirus?

 

[Ketchup]

Not seeing anything in your second post. As far as the first post, what should we be seeing? Are the folder names correct? Can you open the files in the folders?

 

[Anticleon]

Second post was just the image again.
Yes the folder names are correct. What I find inside is the subtitles file only. The videos are missing. And in the picture you see how the folders look.

 

[master_shake_]

Second post was just the image again.
Yes the folder names are correct. What I find inside is the subtitles file only. The videos are missing. And in the picture you see how the folders look.

do the properties of the folder show the correct size?

 

[Anticleon]

do the properties of the folder show the correct size?

No. Properties show only the size of the sub file.

 

[Ketchup]

Well, it could be a virus, but I don't think it's a cryptovirus, since you seem to be able to access everything else, and haven't mentioned anything about a message referring to demands.

Not to offend, but at this point I am inclined to think it might be user error, or someone else in the home/building having access to your computer.

Have to done a file search for the file type of the videos? Maybe someone just moved them. You could use a program like Recuva to see if they were deleted. As long as you haven't done too many writes since the incident, and the drive isn't too full, recently deleted files stand a good chance of being recovered.

Another thought would be antivirus. Check your scan history and see if it pulled any video files. While not common, it is possible.

 

[Anticleon]

Well, it could be a virus, but I don't think it's a cryptovirus, since you seem to be able to access everything else, and haven't mentioned anything about a message referring to demands.

Not to offend, but at this point I am inclined to think it might be user error, or someone else in the home/building having access to your computer.

Have to done a file search for the file type of the videos? Maybe someone just moved them. You could use a program like Recuva to see if they were deleted. As long as you haven't done too many writes since the incident, and the drive isn't too full, recently deleted files stand a good chance of being recovered.

Another thought would be antivirus. Check your scan history and see if it pulled any video files. While not common, it is possible.

This is my personal laptop and nobody uses it. And I was just watching

Well, it could be a virus, but I don't think it's a cryptovirus, since you seem to be able to access everything else, and haven't mentioned anything about a message referring to demands.

Not to offend, but at this point I am inclined to think it might be user error, or someone else in the home/building having access to your computer.

Have to done a file search for the file type of the videos? Maybe someone just moved them. You could use a program like Recuva to see if they were deleted. As long as you haven't done too many writes since the incident, and the drive isn't too full, recently deleted files stand a good chance of being recovered.

Another thought would be antivirus. Check your scan history and see if it pulled any video files. While not common, it is possible.

Thanks for the reply mate. I searched for avi and mp4 files and search showed them. When I opened the file location it opened fine and all were there. Then at the same time when I just went to the folder and opened it, no videos.
So, do you think it could be a virus, or some kind of index file is missing? I checked the properties but it's not marked as hidden.
This is my personal laptop and my personal wifi I don't share. So I am sure no one has access to it.

 

[Ketchup]

So, when you search finds them, right-click and select 'open file location.' What is the path to the folder they are in (bleep out anything you want if it matters to you)?

 

[SViscusi]

Is it possible you used an application with a media library that might have automatically moved them?

 

[Anticleon]

So, when you search finds them, right-click and select 'open file location.' What is the path to the folder they are in (bleep out anything you want if it matters to you)?

That's the thing. It 's in the same folder. When I open it via file location in search results, it shows in the same folder which is empty when I open it directly.

 

[Anticleon]

Is it possible you used an application with a media library that might have automatically moved them?

not as far as I know. recently I installed and uninstalled some adobe stuff, but I don't think it could be related to that.

 

[Ketchup]

When you find the files via a file search, do they actually play?

 

[Anticleon]

When you find the files via a file search, do they actually play?

yes they play. no problem at all

 

[Elixer]

Which OS are you using?
Open up a cmd window, cd to the directory in question, and type dir.
That should spit out what is in that directory.
If all is fine there, then you have a icon cache issue, and you need to reset the icon cache.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/232779/how-to-rebuild-a-broken-icon-cache-in-windows-10/
and so on, slightly different depending on the OS.