I've been contacted by a client informing me that her 'pictures were just gone'. Upon investigation it appears that the files spread throughout several folders (so it isn't a case of accidentally moving the folder into another, and the recycle bin is empty).
Google brought up the following:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/windows-7-file-explorer-shows-a-non-empty-folder/37b032b1-bfc8-4c09-9d47-9556dde9181c
and
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/144873-recently-i-have-seen-computers-with-all-folders-attributes-set-to-hidden
Client is currently running a scan-disk - but I suspect this will turn out normal from reading the articles.
Google brought up the following:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/windows-7-file-explorer-shows-a-non-empty-folder/37b032b1-bfc8-4c09-9d47-9556dde9181c
and
http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/144873-recently-i-have-seen-computers-with-all-folders-attributes-set-to-hidden
Client is currently running a scan-disk - but I suspect this will turn out normal from reading the articles.