My files suddenly disappear

Hi,
I have an ipad and lately my files suddenly disappear, my pictures, my music, my videos. I don'n know what is going on. Can anybody help?

It sounds like maybe the iPad is crashing? ....
Double tap the home button at the bottom of the iPad to bring up the recents tray. If you have a lot of apps running you may want to close some of them. Tap and hold down on one of the icons until they wiggle. Then tap the minus sign to close them. When you are done, tap the home button once to return to the home screen.
Then reboot your iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears, then slide to power down.
Hold on the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and then go of the button and let the iPad restart.
You can also try a hard reset by holding down on the sleep button and home button at the same time for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears, let go of the buttons and the iPad will restart.
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