Windows 10: Moved files gone missing

I got a new laptop today which came with Windows 10 which I've never used before, so everything's still very new to me.

I've been trying to move files off my previous laptop which runs Windows 7. I've spent a few hours collecting everything I need onto an ext. hard drive, but once I cut & paste my files onto this new laptop, nothing shows up. The destination folder is completely empty, and I made sure while the files were copying over.

Is there anywhere else they might have gone? Luckily I was able to ctrl+z to get all my files back or else they would've been gone forever. But this time all the files reappear in the ext hard drive like they were meant to, so I'm really confused. Is it a problem with Windows, or my external?

I've also noticed that the files copy over just fine if I send them bit by bit, say, about 3GB each time? But I've got 400+GB sitting around here. Is there anything else I can do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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Missing files after My computer automatically upgraded to windows 10.

Computer automatically upgraded to Win 10. Files were missing. Found them in windows.old and move them to This PC. System forced an update and restart. Now files in the documents folder are gone. The files in pictures folder are there.

 

Pictures Folder moved gone wrong

Hi Dave

Fixed!!!

I went to the Registry (did a backup just in case!)

Compared it side by side with my other laptop and in the path you told me earlier .....User Shell Folders, there were some 3 or 4 odd entries that weren't in the other laptop. So I deleted them, restarted and
all is restored!

I'm going to attempt the move again. Fingers crossed

Thank you SO much for your help.

 

all I can say is never cut and past ,always copy and past ,and I would do smaller chunks ,better safe than sorry

 

There is a program called Recuva, which would help to locate those missing/deleted files... check it out ... Wondershare Store Center - Shop Online for Wondershare Software

Post back if you need more help..

 

For large copy operations you might like to explore Teracopy (free).
TeraCopy for Microsoft Windows - Code Sector

"TeraCopy is designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed. It skips bad files during the copying process, and then displays them at the end of the transfer so that you can see which ones need attention."

Can't think why the files have not been copied successfully, unless there's some corruption somewhere.

It's always safer to copy than move in such circumstances, then delete later.

 

Instead of Cutting and Pasting, try Copying and Pasting. Or dragging and dropping.

 

For large file operations like that, I use FreeFileSync:
FreeFileSync download | SourceForge.net