Sims 3 saves folder is empty! please help

my sims 3 saves folder says "this folder is empty" everything is gone and when i play the sims 3 it acts like i just bought the game please help! i tried drive recovery but no luck

Hi there, @SimmerSummers!

Sorry for the late reply.

When exactly did this happen? And do you remember doing something specifically when this occurred?

It's possible that you (or something) moved the The Sims 3 folder from Documents\Electronic Arts to somewhere else, causing the game to create a brand new one at start up. This will cause the game to act as 'if you just bought it'. If you still have this old The Sims 3 folder, all of your saves should be contained in there.