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Ok i recently went to check on my torrents using uTorrent, from a couple different torrent sites, and EVERY torrent i was seeding or leeching was gone, along with all the data that had been downloaded. movies have disappeared, seemingly into thin air because after running a thorough search i cant find the damned data !! 2 hours ago everything was working fine this shit just came out of nowhere ! now im assuming this is some virus obviously but could this be a hard drive issue because im pretty sure that all the lost data was on one hard drive, but some data from previous torrents is still there. please help, this is messed up !

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Quick summary and what most likely happened: when large groups of files vanish the usual causes are accidental deletion, file-system corruption (lost partition/volume), or an AV/quarantine/cleanup tool removing or hiding files. It is extremely unlikely a remote torrent site deleted anything on your PC (so ’s suggestion can be set aside). mentioned running cleanup tools and removing some Windows installer/system files — that raises the chance of a local mistake or attribute/permission change rather than a remote deletion.

Immediate, non-destructive steps (do these first)

  1. Stop using that drive now. Every write can overwrite recoverable data.
  2. Check Disk Management (run diskmgmt.msc) to confirm the partition is present and the drive letter is unchanged. Do NOT format if a partition shows as RAW or unallocated.
  3. In Explorer show hidden and system files (Folder Options -> View -> show hidden files; uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”) and search the whole drive for large media files or folders. Also check the Recycle Bin again.
  4. In uTorrent check its settings for the download/move-completed folder, then re-add the original .torrent(s) and point them at the folder that should contain the data, then use “Force Re-check” so the client can verify any existing files (this can restore seeding without re-downloading if the data is present).

Safe diagnostics and basic commands

dir X:\ /a /s           # list all files including hidden on drive X:
attrib X:\*.* /S /D     # show attributes for files
attrib -h -s -r X:\*.* /S /D   # remove hidden/system/read-only flags (use with caution)
chkdsk X:               # scan. run chkdsk X: /f only after imaging or if OK to risk small metadata fixes

If those steps do not find files, image the drive (do not write to it) and run recovery tools from another disk: PhotoRec/TestDisk or Recuva can often recover deleted files. If the lost data is irreplaceable, stop further attempts and consult a professional data-recovery service to avoid making recovery harder.

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this seemed to come out of nowhere, i havent installed any software or updated anything. im running a virus check with norton with everything up to date. the only thing i can think of is that i ran spybot and got rid of some spyware, and then was browsing thru some files in system32 (looking for something i thought was there) and saw some files with names like $MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$ in blue so i deleted them to the recycle bin. then later i went to check the files as i said and data was gone, over 100gbs of it. not sure if this is related at all, but its the only thing i can think of that i could have done in the time between when i checked it and everything was fine, and then when everything disappeared. since then i restored the files i deleted from recycle bin but this of course didnt do shit. anyone help please ?

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so somehow, every active torrent auto-deleted itself along with the data. how could that be possible, virus maybe ? and is there ANY way i can get all that shit back without having to re-download every fucking thing ?

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Maybe the data was deleted by the site??

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