now when i bring it back onto the original computer, the disk space is correct, in that it accounted for the files i added, but the actual files are not found in the directory. its like they are hidden files. but I looked for hidden files... not there. where could it be?
Files missing from external harddrive
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SkylineSC
United States564 Posts
now when i bring it back onto the original computer, the disk space is correct, in that it accounted for the files i added, but the actual files are not found in the directory. its like they are hidden files. but I looked for hidden files... not there. where could it be? | ||
Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
On February 15 2010 03:41 Patriot.dlk wrote: You probably need to re magnetize it. Get a big magnet and perform gentle strokes on the drive with it. It's very common for disks over 1 TB to have this condition and you fix it easy using this method Really funny, copying 4chan. | ||
meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
On February 15 2010 03:41 Patriot.dlk wrote: You probably need to re magnetize it. Get a big magnet and perform gentle strokes on the drive with it. It's very common for disks over 1 TB to have this condition and you fix it easy using this method Funny on 4chan. Dick on TL. | ||
wo0py
Netherlands922 Posts
you 0, making backups 1 | ||
tarpman
Canada717 Posts
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kuresuti
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Chuiu
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leetchaos
United States395 Posts
On February 15 2010 05:16 Chuiu wrote: I'm assuming you're using Windows since this is a very common problem on Windows. Before you unplug the hard drive and move it to another computer make sure you click on the 'safely remove hardware' button and eject the drive first that way. You should always do this for any type of removable storage medium, usb/flash cards/etc. Gotta say I've never seen anything bad happen because I didn't "safely" eject. | ||
meeple
Canada10211 Posts
On February 15 2010 06:39 leetchaos wrote: Gotta say I've never seen anything bad happen because I didn't "safely" eject. I think this is something that used to be a problem but not anymore. I had problems with XP early on in the flash disk era because the computers didn't know how to handle it if the flash drive was just yanked out. Nowadays I've never heard of anything going funny with it. Having said that if you pulled it out before the transfer was complete it could account for this... since it might create "ghost" files to make sure you have enough disk space on the drive. | ||
CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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SkylineSC
United States564 Posts
and lol magnet. c'mon now, most of us are nerds, that can't work. | ||
mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On February 15 2010 03:41 Patriot.dlk wrote: You probably need to re magnetize it. Get a big magnet and perform gentle strokes on the drive with it. It's very common for disks over 1 TB to have this condition and you fix it easy using this method dick move | ||
Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On February 15 2010 03:41 Patriot.dlk wrote: You probably need to re magnetize it. Get a big magnet and perform gentle strokes on the drive with it. It's very common for disks over 1 TB to have this condition and you fix it easy using this method wouldn't you feel bad if he actually do it | ||
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