Windows 10: Update 2004 may have deleted an old "My Documents" folder from a previous primary harddrive

I have two harddrives in my PC currently, and the second one used to be my primary, boot drive. I still had everything on that drive still saved as it was, including the previous Windows install, and all that comes with it, including relevantly for my case, the "My Documents" folder.


I hadn't bothered with moving all the stuff from that My Documents folder to my current primary boot drive, and discovered just yesterday, that this old My Documents folder has been wiped clean. I still had stuff that I occasionally used in that folder, but yesterday was the first time I checked it since update 2004. I had used it shortly before updating to 2004, so I'm reasonably sure the latest update is the culprit here.


I could still find and restore my missing files using file restoration software, and luckily what went missing wasn't anything absolutely crucial for me, but I feel this needs to be brought to attention nonetheless.

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My Documents Files - Deleted?

I have a PC where I have moved My Docs away from my C: to my E: so i can perhaps suggest a few things to check.

1. The documents and settings folder will still be present on your C: (although unused)
2. My Documents on my E: is shown as E:\Data (do you have a similar directory)
3. Is your missing data in this \Data folder if it exists?
4. If you click the My Documents shortcut does it take you to the default C:\doc and settings\blah blah, or does it take you to the \Data folder?

Ive had a similar issue with an application resetting the My Docs path back to its orig location and in essence orphaning the My Docs on my E:

 

My Documents Files - Deleted?

For some reason all the files apart from My Games/Crysis Wars have been somehow deleted without my doing. Strangely, I went to play Crysis Wars the other day and my profiles were gone, thinking nothing of it I proceded to reset them up. Also strangely, I did not install any games folders in My Documents, somehow the folders Games/Crysis Wars just appeared, when, I really don't know. I have install my OS on a seperate hard drive and My Documents as well as every other folder used as storage is linked to another seperate HDD. Tried a system restore, still no good, why? Has Crysis somehow deleted/corrupted this folder? confused:

 

My Documents Files - Deleted?

Thanks for the reply though my drive letter is actually F:\ and does not show a Data folder. When I click on the shortcut it takes me straight to my (administrators name)/Documents, so the link is correct. Not sure what happened.