Running win xp 32 bit with 1 sata harddrive.
A lot of files have disappeared suddenly leaving empty folders on the harddrive. If you right click on the folders they are all containing 0 bytes and set to 'read only'.
Any ideas what could be causing this? It is unlikely to be a virus as the computer has never been connected to the internet however a dvd of software was transfered to it from another computer. The other computer has an up to date virus scanner and has not detected any viruses.
Any ideas on what has casued it and the best way to get the files back would be great.
I was planning on putting the harddrive into another computer and then running a file recovery program on it, but I would like to know what has caused all the files to disappear.
Thanks for any help you can offer.