Files not showing in External Harddrive

w1lldeang · 10-30-2009, 10:37 PM

I have a Western Digital My book, 1TB, and i have it hooked up to my macbook pro. It worked fine before, all the files where there and ran no problem. But for some reason, none of the files are showing in the folders in my external hard drive... when i right click and get info, it says the folder has a certain amount of files and tells me the amount of gbs it is taking up...But there are no files in the folder for me to click on....
any help would be appreciated!!!
thanks!

**johnb35** · 10-30-2009, 11:05 PM

Are they hidden files? Also, its possible that you have to take ownership of the folder they are in. Look here...

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ship+of+files+

w1lldeang · 11-02-2009, 03:09 AM

weird..I booted the hard drive into windows and the files showed, when i hooked it back into my mac, they files showed up again. Thanks for your help john35, i appreciate it a lot man!

bobsmith · 11-02-2009, 01:33 PM

If in doubt always reboot your equipment. Rebooting can save you time and money!

10-30-2009, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
w1lldeang New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 20	Files not showing in External Harddrive I have a Western Digital My book, 1TB, and i have it hooked up to my macbook pro. It worked fine before, all the files where there and ran no problem. But for some reason, none of the files are showing in the folders in my external hard drive... when i right click and get info, it says the folder has a certain amount of files and tells me the amount of gbs it is taking up...But there are no files in the folder for me to click on.... any help would be appreciated!!! thanks! __________________ Dong-10

10-30-2009, 11:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,623	Are they hidden files? Also, its possible that you have to take ownership of the folder they are in. Look here... http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ship+of+files+ __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

11-02-2009, 03:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
w1lldeang New Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 20	weird..I booted the hard drive into windows and the files showed, when i hooked it back into my mac, they files showed up again. Thanks for your help john35, i appreciate it a lot man! __________________ Dong-10

11-02-2009, 01:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
bobsmith New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4	If in doubt always reboot your equipment. Rebooting can save you time and money! __________________ Computer repairs

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