FILES are GONE from every Folder!!

[elnesti]

I have been reading the posts here about other people having issues with files that are missing, but none of the solutions have worked for me. I have OS X 10.9.2, Yesterday I finished working on Microsoft Word and put the computer to sleep, today when I logged back in every folder was empty, and all the files (JPGs, PDFs, .doc) were gone.

I've tried re-indexing Spotlight, turning off and back on the laptop but no luck. If anyone has an idea of what could be happening or how to recover my files, I would really appreciate the help.

Thanks..

 

[blueroom]

Did you make a backup or have Time Machine running?

 

[elnesti]

No, unfortunately I did not have Time Machine running....

 

[Partron22]

Are you certain you logged in as the correct user?
Try restarting again, and checking to see who you're logged in as.
If no Joy:
Start up Terminal.
Type ls
(that's el ess space)
Open your home folder, and drag your documents folder icon into Terminal.
That should give a line that looks like:
MyMacName:~ lucillebogan$ ls /Users/lucillebogan/Documents
Reselect Terminal and hit return.
What do you see?
You should get a list of files in the folder.