Accedentally deleted everything on sims 4

[SimCela1]

I have gotten myself in real trouble! I was tying to organize all my files and put them into different folders and when I was done I saw that the sims 4 folder was missing from the electronic arts folder, so I copied some sims 4 folder I had saved on my computer and than started the sims 4 to see if it worked. When the game had loaded I saw that there were no longer any saved files and I now have to start all over again. I am so pissed off at myself because I've now lost my four generation family I've been playing for the past 8 months. Does anyone know if and how I can fix it? I would be extremly thankful

[SimCela1 · Accepted solution]

I somehow managed to get them back, not exactly where I left off but at least I don't have to start all over again. Thank you so much for your help!

[Phantomlover1717]

Do you have the save folder saved anywhere? That's the one you need to get the save files back.

[SimCela1]

I do have the saves folder but I can't figure out how to replace the current save to the saves I had before. I have googled and have found that you are supposed to rename the file you'd like to use but I've tried it and it doesn't work for me, maybe I'm doing something wrong?

[Phantomlover1717]

The folder names need to be the same. So you can either move the Saves file over to the new folder or delete te new file and place the 'The Sims 4' file in the EA file.

[SimCela1]

I have tried to do what are said on this EA help site https://help.ea.com/en/help/the-sims/the-sims-4/how-to-restore-a-previous-saved-game-in-the-sims-4/ but I don't know what I'm doing wrong because it doesn't work for me

[Phantomlover1717]

Could you maybe share a screenshot of what you have now?

[SimCela1 · Accepted solution]

I somehow managed to get them back, not exactly where I left off but at least I don't have to start all over again. Thank you so much for your help!

[Phantomlover1717]

That sounds better than nothing indeed! Make sure to make back ups every now and again: http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/backups/