External HD Folder Disappear During Transfer

I was transferring files into my external HD last night and this morning when I checked on the folder, It had disappeared. I looked at the free space estimate for the drive, and it seems that the content may still be written on the drive, but I cannot access the folder or search for any of its contents. what should I do? It is a very important folder that is missing.

I bought a license of Stellar Phoenix Recovery Software, and I scanned my drive. I was able to find the data that is missing, but I cannot search for the folder which houses / organizes all of the files. Is there are command line that will list the file structure for all of these files? how can I recover the data, and preserve the organizational structure? please give me some guidance. thanks

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