jshox Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I'm panic posting here because Vortex just got done deleting my entire downloads folder. It said that "an attempt to move the download folder was interrupted", and I clicked "fix". Poof. Gone. Please tell me there is a way to recover this!How can this just happen??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 where were you moving it from, and where were you moving it to?what happened to interrupt the process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Vortex doesn't delete anything on it's own. The files are probably either in the new location or the old one. Perhaps you ran out of disc space during the transfer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshox Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 Vortex doesn't delete anything on it's own. The files are probably either in the new location or the old one. Perhaps you ran out of disc space during the transfer? I definitely did not run out of space.I had just installed my new empty 14TB harddrive, and I manually copied over my downloads folder from my previous drive to the other. Once it was done, I double-checked, and the capacity was the same, both copies of the folder being around 430GB, confirming that the manual copy was successful. So I removed the old folder(that harddrive was extremely full, hence the move in the first place). After that, I started Vortex, set the downloads folder to the new location, and hit "apply". This is when the "interrupted download" popup appeared. After I hit fix, I went to the new downloads folder, and literally watched as each of my games download folders disappeared one by one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshox Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 where were you moving it from, and where were you moving it to?what happened to interrupt the process?I was moving it from my old 2TB harddrive that was dangerously close to full, to an empty, larger drive. I moved it manually, and changed the filepath in Vortex accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showler Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Changing the file path prompts Vortex to move the folder. By the time you asked it to move your folder you had already emptied the folder. It moved the emptiness. Vortex probably needs some kind of prevention of this mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 where were you moving it from, and where were you moving it to?what happened to interrupt the process?I was moving it from my old 2TB harddrive that was dangerously close to full, to an empty, larger drive. I moved it manually, and changed the filepath in Vortex accordingly. i think, but can't be certain - as you had deleted your source folder, vortex has asked you whats going on - do you want me to "fix" it - of course, you reply yes, thinking this is going to update the filepath and whatever else vortex needs to find the new location, but that hasn't happened. with devastating consequences.ideally you let vortex do the moving for you -rather than you do the move then tell vortex after the fact.if the files are gone - as in totally gone - then your only recourse is to try and recover them from a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshox Posted March 27, 2023 Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 where were you moving it from, and where were you moving it to?what happened to interrupt the process?I was moving it from my old 2TB harddrive that was dangerously close to full, to an empty, larger drive. I moved it manually, and changed the filepath in Vortex accordingly. i think, but can't be certain - as you had deleted your source folder, vortex has asked you whats going on - do you want me to "fix" it - of course, you reply yes, thinking this is going to update the filepath and whatever else vortex needs to find the new location, but that hasn't happened. with devastating consequences.ideally you let vortex do the moving for you -rather than you do the move then tell vortex after the fact.if the files are gone - as in totally gone - then your only recourse is to try and recover them from a backup. That was my thought process, yes.But even if that is the case, why would it delete the mods in the new location before trying to copy the mods that no longer exist at the previous location?Unfortunately, I do not have a backup. I just found out that Nexus stores my download history online, so I'm trying to go back through that. All 2000+ entries of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 why would it delete everything?well, my thoughts are as follows; we'd need the devs to chime in on the accuracy of this, but here's what i think; you had removed the directory from your original disk.vortex starts up, notices that what it knew as the configuration has changed and asks you if you want it to fix the issue.you reply yes - thinking that vortex is going to update a few things, such as the new directory path and other stuff. basically sort itself out.however, in trying to "fix" the situation vortex, i think - removes your mods from the new drive so that the new drive "matches" the old drive. as the old drive contains nothing vortex knows about, it "fixes" the situation by making the new drive match the old one - hence - delete everything. this is my thought - because i've never done what you did - i've always let vortex do the moving for me, because as part of it doing that, it will update whatever it needs to update internally to point to the new directory structure. i'm sad that you don't have a backup to refer to for such a vast amount of data. i'm trying to help you when i say look into backup solutions. there are many free ones out there that do exactly what you need - and the overhead is minimal. whatever you choose, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 When Vortex notices the downloads folder is missing it asks you to pick a directory. That new directory must satisfy one of two conditions:It's emptyIt contains a "__vortex_downloads_folder" marker fileIn the first case, it treats it as a fresh downloads folder, in the second case, it treats it as a download folder you moved outside of the UI and want to re-initialise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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