Dear friends. I have been using an external hard drive for over several months now to back up my files, till one day i discovered the stored files could not be accessed, for reasons only known to the computer. It does store still, it seems to me; but i could not access the files stored in there. It hid?
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Jump to PostDear friends. I have been using an external hard drive for over several months now to back up my files, till one day i discovered the stored files could not be accessed, for reasons only known to the computer. It does store still, it seems to me; but i could …
Jump to PostOK - just to try something out of the box, have you tried connecting the HDD through a different USB port. It may be something more serious, but this is always the first thing to try. Would have suggested this earlier, but it sounded like it was actual files on …
Jump to PostYou'll also need to deselect the "hide protected operating system files", as it sounds like the OS has at some stage locked the folders down. This should at least make the files/folders visible so we can see what we are working with and if those file/folders still actually exist.
Jump to Postwell if you fell that the system you have has some problems that causes the problems, try putting up a LINUX live CD and see if you can access the External hard disk files from there
Jump to PostOK - I have heard of malware playing this game with core sys files, but not with personal files manually tucked aside. Is feasible you've transferred across an infected file across, but wouldn't have thought would have cloaked your external drive... but anything is possible. If this IS the case, …
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