Windows 10: Hard Drive files unaccessible after some time?

Hello everyone - I've got a very unique issue which I'm hoping some expert can help me on!


So a while back I attempted to do a Disk Clean-Up of one of my three internal Hard Drives; without noticing however, the entire Hard Drives files started to be deleted... thankfully, since I have over 500GB of data on the hard drive, it took some time so I managed to notice and Cancelled the Deletion of files. At first a large chunk of the files were no longer showing on the Hard Drive so I feared the worst however, after I restarted my computer, the files came back - so that was great!


What has happened however is that, since that day, and at random times it could be either after 15 minutes or 15 hours of starting up my PC, all of a sudden the Hard Drive acts strangely:


- certain files even ones downloaded after the Disk Cleanup scenario are inaccessible

- I become unable to download Google Chrome downloads straight to the disk


When I first start up my PC the hard drive acts normally so it seems to be triggered off by something which I am unsure about. I'd just like my Hard Drive to act normally throughout and without risking losing any files on the drive.


Thanks in advance for any help given.


Luke

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