Missing Track Files

When I opened my project, which had about 15 real instrument tracks, I got a message about one of the files "missing", then I hit skip, and it opened the project and all of the files where missing. I checked in the media folder and they are not in there either. I had a back-up copy on a hard drive and all of it's files were missing too. I had just updated my backup a few days before and am wondering if that had something to do with it. Any ideas? Is this song lost forever?

If the recordings aren't in any of your saved projects, I'm afraid they're gone forever.

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Scratch this thread.
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Can I batch download missing tracks from iTunes Match?

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Finding missing tracks

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Why is audio disappearing from Extracted Sound Track File?

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Thanks RT...
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Missing aif files

hi there,
after i record a simple track and save etc. when i go back to garage band, load the track, it says Audio file “Natural#04.aif” not found". and hten my track which i have recorded with that .aif file is no longer in existence...
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Hi there,
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How can i remove missing tracks window 7

After upgrading to iTunes 11 I found it deleted my folder destination of MP3's. I have gone and re added all the folders so ot shows I have the music but now I have a bunch of missing files listed witht he exclamation point. What a good way to delete the missing tracks. Im talking thousands!!
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Lost & Found
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I have a problem with the new release of UFO: AI (version 2.4). ufoai-data might be missing language files. I don't have (nearly) any text in UFO: AI, no story introduction (besides "introduction_sentence_1"), no Ufopedia entry (it says something like "grenade_launcher_txt") and no mail text (only says "mail_txt"). An ufo: ai dev thinks, that the packager might have forgot to build the language files.
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DW CS5 Missing Related Files Problem

Hello
Hoping somebody may be able to help me with a missing related files problem in CS5. I've tried Adobe phone support but they couldn't solve the problem.
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Waveburner; a few Questions regarding track files and Session Data

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You're grammer isn't bad jord, it was I who asked a plethora of questions under one Subject heading.
When i open the project file(.wb3),
The prompt says;
"Please choose a replacement from the list below:"
/Volumes/320GB HD/Users/ahuihou/.Trash/1 Track 01.aiff
/Volumes/320GB HD/Users/ahuihou/.Trash/2 Track 02.aiff
/Volumes/320GB HD/Users/ahuihou/.Trash/3 Track 03.aiff
/Volumes/320GB HD/Users/ahuihou/.Trash/4 Track 04.aiff
/Volumes/320GB HD/Users/ahuihou/.Trash/6 Track 06.aiff
As you can see the files are in the trash.
The first problem is that there are no actual files in the trash. Just an icon of a CD Disc which was dragged there to eject it, It is no longer in the disc drive/tray. Perhaps i should put the disc back in the drive and then update/replace the files afterwords. (The CD is scratched.)
The strange thing is that i can still preview the track that's in the trash by selecting More Info and playing it on the little Quicktime player bar. I guess the file is in a cache somewhere?
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In the Replacement prompt there is a place that I can check to "Search in the same folder for subsequent files" button on the "Replacement" prompt.
which "same folder" is it refering to?
The Trash folder where the old files are or the Folder where the actual .wb3 project file is? I do have all of the correctly named song files/regions in the same folder with the project file.
maybe i should just start again. i'm not one to give up easy though and would much prefer to "beat" the computer at the game.

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