---
id: moving-folders.what-if-a-moved-folders-files-go-missing-from-my-drive
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-if-a-moved-folders-files-go-missing-from-my-drive
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "Messages and problems"
question: "What happens if the files of a moved folder go missing from my external drive?"
alt_questions:
  - "Moved files check"
  - "Storage Studio says files of a moved folder are missing"
  - "Repair links moved folder"
  - "Remove broken links"
  - "My moved folder's files were deleted from the drive"
short_answer: "Storage Studio checks the folders it has moved and tells you if their files on the drive go missing. Put it back restores a folder from the drive's Trash; the Moved files window offers Check now, Repair links or Remove broken links. An unplugged drive is never a problem."
tags: ["moved folders", "links", "drive", "repair"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-is-a-broken-relocation", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/can-storage-studio-move-the-same-folder-twice"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-29
---

# What happens if the files of a moved folder go missing from my external drive?

Storage Studio tells you, with a way to fix it. It checks the folders it has moved a few minutes after launch, every few hours and when your drive is plugged back in. A drive that's simply unplugged is never a problem — you hear about it only when the drive is connected and the files still can't be found.

- **If the folder is in the drive's Trash**, **Put it back** returns it in one click and every app finds its files again.
- **If it's gone**, the alert names the app affected, and the **Moved files** window explains what you can do: restore it from the drive's Trash or a backup and click **Check now**, or **Remove broken links…**, which removes only the links that point at nothing so the app can rebuild what it can.
- **If a folder was moved twice**, **Repair links** points it straight at its files.

Choose these alerts in **Settings → Notifications**.

See [moving the same folder twice](https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/can-storage-studio-move-the-same-folder-twice).