Retrieving .doc files

Recovering Unsaved Word Documents
In MS Word, click the File Tab in the upper left.
Click Manage Document and select Recover Unsaved Documents from the drop-down list.
Check for your missing file in the dialog box. ...
Open the recovered Word document and click the Save As button in the top banner.

First of all, I made sure where all my .doc files I need to convert are. In word I click on Enterprise then Resources and Documents then doc to docx then I enter SOURCE FILE FOLDER where my .doc files are and the directory is shown as empty. I did the Format convert anyway and all I get is a full page of no. 1

There has to be a way to convert my files, I can't believe this is happening with today's technology