Lost Document folder

Hi,
Long story...but i managed to drag the document icon off the dock and it disappeared. (Sorry VERY new to MAC...didnt know what I was doing) Then i found a post on here to get it back by going into my HD and dragging the document folder back into my dock. Then poof it disappears and i cannot find the folder anywhere. It is no longer in the HD or in the dock. Are all my documents lost now forever? Or can i retrieve them? Can anyone help?
Thank you very much

kitten10:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Try going to Spotlight and type in Documents and see if it locates it. If not, download and run Disk Inventory. It will scan your entire HDD and list the contents in order of size. If you find the Document Folder, select it and check the location. Then go there and drag it to Macintosh HD > Users > +your home folder name+. Once it is in place it should show up again. You can then click it and drag it to the sidebar if you want it there.
cornelius

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