# Meda logs **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [May 4, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/meda-logs/876803 "2024-05-04T23:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![john914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@john914](https://forums.plex.tv/u/john914)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/meda-logs/876803/1 "2024-05-04T23:33:08Z")
Hi, ive searched but cant find anything… i recently had an 8tb drive with media on it, is there anyway to search logs to figure out what was on that drive, without manually having to go through every thing in my library and see whats missing? thanks, john ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/meda-logs/876803/2 "2024-05-04T23:40:31Z")
If you haven’t emptied the Plex trash, you should still see all those lost items in your Plex library. If you do, go directly to step 3) If you _don’t_ see them anymore, 1. disable “Empty trash automatically after every scan” 2. [https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/) 3. Then use the Export feature of [WebTools NG](https://github.com/WebTools-NG/WebTools-NG/wiki "WebTools NG") ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/meda-logs/876803/3 "2024-08-02T23:40:59Z")
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