"Documents" folder and contents missing in ubuntu 18.04

[vivekcmmacs]

Hi,
Today "Documents" folder and contents missing all of sudden. Also computer shows more free space compared to before. Most of my data was in Documents folder only and no back up. Kindly help friends. Also attaching the screenshot for reference

[aysiu]

Did you actually delete the Documents folder? Do you have a separate /home partition?

Can you post back here the output of these commands?

List the contents of your home directory

ls -al ~/

Disks set to be mounted at boot time

cat /etc/fstab

Partitions and disks

sudo fdisk -l

Mounted partitions and free space on each

df -h

[vivekcmmacs]

Documents folder was never deleted and suddenly it went off
Commands are in bold italics and output is posted below...
ls -al ~/

total 180
drwxr-xr-x 25 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 30 10:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 27 17:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 10:21 .adobe
-rw-rw-r-- 1 vivek vivek 119 Aug 28 17:25 .apport-ignore.xml
-rw------- 1 vivek vivek 3396 Aug 30 10:15 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 220 Aug 27 17:25 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 3771 Aug 27 17:25 .bashrc
drwx------ 21 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 29 16:10 .cache
drwx------ 26 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 30 10:00 .config
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 27 17:37 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 11 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 30 10:05 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 9 vivek vivek 20480 Aug 29 16:17 Downloads
-rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 8980 Aug 27 17:25 examples.desktop
drwx------ 3 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 16:59 .gnome
drwx------ 3 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 27 17:34 .gnupg
drwx------ 4 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 12:44 .googleearth
drwxr----- 24 vivek vivek 16384 Aug 29 14:59 hplip-3.18.7
-rw------- 1 vivek vivek 5338 Aug 30 10:00 .ICEauthority
drwx------ 3 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 27 17:33 .local
drwx------ 5 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 27 17:35 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 10 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 30 10:26 Music
-rw------- 1 vivek vivek 64 Aug 27 17:43 .octave_hist
drwxrwxrwx 2 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 27 20:44 PDF
drwxr-xr-x 4 vivek vivek 12288 Aug 29 16:58 Pictures
drwx------ 3 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 16:59 .pki
-rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 807 Aug 27 17:25 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 27 17:33 Public
drwx------ 3 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 12:52 .sane
drwxr-xr-x 4 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 17:12 snap
drwx------ 2 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 14:27 .ssh
-rw-r--r-- 1 vivek vivek 0 Aug 27 17:37 .sudo_as_admin_successful
drwxr-xr-x 2 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 30 10:24 temp
drwxr-xr-x 2 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 29 15:48 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 3 vivek vivek 4096 Aug 28 11:07 Videos


cat /etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=2459a7ae-9f9e-4583-8b87-97626df8b539 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=59F6-B9A9 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/loop0: 2.3 MiB, 2433024 bytes, 4752 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 34.7 MiB, 36323328 bytes, 70944 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 13 MiB, 13619200 bytes, 26600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 86.9 MiB, 91099136 bytes, 177928 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop4: 3.7 MiB, 3887104 bytes, 7592 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop5: 140.9 MiB, 147722240 bytes, 288520 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop6: 14.5 MiB, 15196160 bytes, 29680 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 87E10802-C2C3-43C8-BFD6-49ADA2295A63

Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sda2 1050624 976771071 975720448 465.3G Linux filesystem


df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 382M 1.8M 381M 1% /run
/dev/sda2 457G 133G 301G 31% /
tmpfs 1.9G 35M 1.9G 2% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop1 35M 35M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/319
/dev/loop2 13M 13M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/103
/dev/loop0 2.4M 2.4M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/180
/dev/loop4 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/51
/dev/loop5 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/70
/dev/loop3 87M 87M 0 100% /snap/core/4917
/dev/loop6 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/37
/dev/sda1 511M 4.7M 507M 1% /boot/efi
tmpfs 382M 16K 382M 1% /run/user/121
tmpfs 382M 40K 382M 1% /run/user/1000

[vivekcmmacs]

"bump"

[ubfan1]

Maybe it got moved into some other directory. At a terminal (start one with Ctrl + Alt + t or from the launchpad) and type:

find ~/ -name Documents
If you find it in some other location, like Downloads, move it back to your home.

[aysiu]

Yeah, looks as if you don't have a separate /home partition, so it's probably moved accidentally. Maybe try locating it? It's certainly not in your home folder, even though you have Desktop, Downloads, Pictures, Music, etc.
locate Documents

[vivekcmmacs]

Dear ubfan1 (https://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1256996) & aysiu...thanks for the replies . As i told in my 1st post...All of a sudden, Documents folder is missing and hard disk also showing more free space. locate and find document does not show any result.

[sporksrule]

Friend, the only thing I am finding is this recommendation: http://extundelete.sourceforge.net/

You would need to login with a live usb drive and then run extundelete.