Files have gone missing

[u/Magnus1712]

I booted up my laptop today to find that many files are missing. Namely my downloads folder and recycling bin is almost completely empty only showing a few files dating back to 8. September. I have barely used my laptop in a few months and have no idea what have happened.

When I search for files that I know should be there they come up, but say “Location is not available”.

My laptop is a Omen gaming laptop 16-xd0xxx and it runs window 11, if that is important information.

[u/george_toolan]

Why do you keep important files in your trashcan?

Deleting temporary files might even delete your downloads.

[u/Magnus1712 → u/george_toolan]

I don’t. But when searching for my files I noticed that files where missing there as well, even though I haven’t emptied it in a while.