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ive had files randomly dissapear from my hard drive before (probably has something to do with my moded anti hacking software) but i used a program that searched my hard drive for files that were 'deleted'

what is really happening when you have something deleted is that the index (call number or recognition code) is destroyed but the file is still there until it is over written so if squirrel is correct in saying that when you booted up after the unplug, you unintentionally reinstalled the operating system, then you can probably look online for a drive restoration program and get back at least some of your files etc. (i don't have such a program anymore nor do i remember what one might be called since i haven't had to use one since my last reinstall of windows)

im not guaranteeing this will be possible though because if i am correct you may have had some sort of funky electrical signal that passed through your comp when it was unplugged (possibly your cat was batting at it and it unpluged and pluged back in rappidly) and that wiped some part of your hard drive that was being written on at the time... idk just a theory