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The file discrepancy tag on WindowsForum.com covers user reports of files and folders that have vanished, become empty, or changed size unexpectedly across Windows 7 and Windows 10 systems. Common scenarios include backed-up documents disappearing from internal drives (D:) and external USB hard drives, folders shrinking dramatically (e.g., from 70 GB to 8.4 MB), and folders containing only Thumbs.db files. Discussions focus on troubleshooting data loss, identifying causes such as corruption or sync errors, and recovering missing files. The tag is relevant for users experiencing unexplained file discrepancies in their Windows storage devices.
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Windows 8 Vanishing backedup files
Hi: I have or had multiple files and documents backed up on several computers and hard drives. They are in folders, in subfolders, in subfolders. Over the years they've been copied from computer to computer and through various external drives. Recently some documents have vanished from D...- gwatts1
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- audacity backup computer data recovery documents file discrepancy file management file ownership files folders hard drive missing files optimization storage thumbs.db troubleshooting usb windows 7 windows 8.1
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