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Can't see any files on my external hard drive
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On my external hard drive, after I first start up my computer, it works fine and all the files work fine. But after my computer has been on for a while, the files in the external hard drive are still visible but not accessible.
The icons for all the files become generic icons and won't load the actual thumbnails of pics, videos, music, etc. After an even longer time of my computer being on, the files completely disappear.
I just recently (after seeing my files were all gone) tried unplugging my external hard drive while my computer was on and plugging it back in and now the files are all visible again and working properly. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening or how to fix it?
This was first brought to my attention when I was using my external hard drive to download torrent files and after completing downloads, the torrents wouldn't upload and the error message given on the torrent downloader was cyclic redundancy check. When I looked into this, it seemed like the problem was a bad sector on my external hard drive but after restarting my computer (which made all the files visible and working again), I don't think that's the case so now I have no idea what the problem is.
Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
windows-7 external-hard-drive
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On my external hard drive, after I first start up my computer, it works fine and all the files work fine. But after my computer has been on for a while, the files in the external hard drive are still visible but not accessible.
The icons for all the files become generic icons and won't load the actual thumbnails of pics, videos, music, etc. After an even longer time of my computer being on, the files completely disappear.
I just recently (after seeing my files were all gone) tried unplugging my external hard drive while my computer was on and plugging it back in and now the files are all visible again and working properly. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening or how to fix it?
This was first brought to my attention when I was using my external hard drive to download torrent files and after completing downloads, the torrents wouldn't upload and the error message given on the torrent downloader was cyclic redundancy check. When I looked into this, it seemed like the problem was a bad sector on my external hard drive but after restarting my computer (which made all the files visible and working again), I don't think that's the case so now I have no idea what the problem is.
Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
windows-7 external-hard-drive
edited Apr 24 '14 at 10:24
Psycogeek
7,34263970
asked Apr 23 '14 at 7:37
AdamAdam
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Is there any hardware problem like loose USB / power cord? Is the power saving mode setting made the drive disconnected?
– Kenneth L
Apr 23 '14 at 7:53
Can I assume when you say you can't see any files, you can still access the external hard drive? There are many reasons for this to happen such as faulty hard-ware (bad hard drive)
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:33
Adam, can you edit your question and add some spacing/paragraphs etc. It's really hard to read.
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:35
1
What's your settings in Control Panel > Power Options? Is the "Turn off hard disks" option set to "Never"?
– Kenneth L
Apr 24 '14 at 2:45
1
@Adam No harm to give a try to set it "Never". You can always change it back to 20 minutes if you have excluded this reason.
– Kenneth L
Apr 25 '14 at 1:51
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On my external hard drive, after I first start up my computer, it works fine and all the files work fine. But after my computer has been on for a while, the files in the external hard drive are still visible but not accessible.
The icons for all the files become generic icons and won't load the actual thumbnails of pics, videos, music, etc. After an even longer time of my computer being on, the files completely disappear.
I just recently (after seeing my files were all gone) tried unplugging my external hard drive while my computer was on and plugging it back in and now the files are all visible again and working properly. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening or how to fix it?
This was first brought to my attention when I was using my external hard drive to download torrent files and after completing downloads, the torrents wouldn't upload and the error message given on the torrent downloader was cyclic redundancy check. When I looked into this, it seemed like the problem was a bad sector on my external hard drive but after restarting my computer (which made all the files visible and working again), I don't think that's the case so now I have no idea what the problem is.
Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
windows-7 external-hard-drive
edited Apr 24 '14 at 10:24
Psycogeek
7,34263970
asked Apr 23 '14 at 7:37
AdamAdam
112
On my external hard drive, after I first start up my computer, it works fine and all the files work fine. But after my computer has been on for a while, the files in the external hard drive are still visible but not accessible.
The icons for all the files become generic icons and won't load the actual thumbnails of pics, videos, music, etc. After an even longer time of my computer being on, the files completely disappear.
I just recently (after seeing my files were all gone) tried unplugging my external hard drive while my computer was on and plugging it back in and now the files are all visible again and working properly. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening or how to fix it?
This was first brought to my attention when I was using my external hard drive to download torrent files and after completing downloads, the torrents wouldn't upload and the error message given on the torrent downloader was cyclic redundancy check. When I looked into this, it seemed like the problem was a bad sector on my external hard drive but after restarting my computer (which made all the files visible and working again), I don't think that's the case so now I have no idea what the problem is.
Any help is much appreciated. Thank you.
windows-7 external-hard-drive
windows-7 external-hard-drive
edited Apr 24 '14 at 10:24
Psycogeek
7,34263970
asked Apr 23 '14 at 7:37
AdamAdam
112
edited Apr 24 '14 at 10:24
Psycogeek
7,34263970
asked Apr 23 '14 at 7:37
AdamAdam
112
edited Apr 24 '14 at 10:24
Psycogeek
7,34263970
edited Apr 24 '14 at 10:24
Psycogeek
7,34263970
edited Apr 24 '14 at 10:24
Psycogeek
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7,34263970
asked Apr 23 '14 at 7:37
AdamAdam
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asked Apr 23 '14 at 7:37
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asked Apr 23 '14 at 7:37
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112
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Is there any hardware problem like loose USB / power cord? Is the power saving mode setting made the drive disconnected?
– Kenneth L
Apr 23 '14 at 7:53
Can I assume when you say you can't see any files, you can still access the external hard drive? There are many reasons for this to happen such as faulty hard-ware (bad hard drive)
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:33
Adam, can you edit your question and add some spacing/paragraphs etc. It's really hard to read.
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:35
1
What's your settings in Control Panel > Power Options? Is the "Turn off hard disks" option set to "Never"?
– Kenneth L
Apr 24 '14 at 2:45
1
@Adam No harm to give a try to set it "Never". You can always change it back to 20 minutes if you have excluded this reason.
– Kenneth L
Apr 25 '14 at 1:51
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show 13 more comments
Is there any hardware problem like loose USB / power cord? Is the power saving mode setting made the drive disconnected?
– Kenneth L
Apr 23 '14 at 7:53
Can I assume when you say you can't see any files, you can still access the external hard drive? There are many reasons for this to happen such as faulty hard-ware (bad hard drive)
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:33
Adam, can you edit your question and add some spacing/paragraphs etc. It's really hard to read.
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:35
1
What's your settings in Control Panel > Power Options? Is the "Turn off hard disks" option set to "Never"?
– Kenneth L
Apr 24 '14 at 2:45
1
@Adam No harm to give a try to set it "Never". You can always change it back to 20 minutes if you have excluded this reason.
– Kenneth L
Apr 25 '14 at 1:51
Is there any hardware problem like loose USB / power cord? Is the power saving mode setting made the drive disconnected?
– Kenneth L
Apr 23 '14 at 7:53
Is there any hardware problem like loose USB / power cord? Is the power saving mode setting made the drive disconnected?
– Kenneth L
Apr 23 '14 at 7:53
Can I assume when you say you can't see any files, you can still access the external hard drive? There are many reasons for this to happen such as faulty hard-ware (bad hard drive)
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:33
Can I assume when you say you can't see any files, you can still access the external hard drive? There are many reasons for this to happen such as faulty hard-ware (bad hard drive)
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:33
Adam, can you edit your question and add some spacing/paragraphs etc. It's really hard to read.
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:35
Adam, can you edit your question and add some spacing/paragraphs etc. It's really hard to read.
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:35
1
1
What's your settings in Control Panel > Power Options? Is the "Turn off hard disks" option set to "Never"?
– Kenneth L
Apr 24 '14 at 2:45
What's your settings in Control Panel > Power Options? Is the "Turn off hard disks" option set to "Never"?
– Kenneth L
Apr 24 '14 at 2:45
1
1
@Adam No harm to give a try to set it "Never". You can always change it back to 20 minutes if you have excluded this reason.
– Kenneth L
Apr 25 '14 at 1:51
@Adam No harm to give a try to set it "Never". You can always change it back to 20 minutes if you have excluded this reason.
– Kenneth L
Apr 25 '14 at 1:51
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Try by changing the drive letter assigned to your external Hard drive from the disk management. I am sure it will work, in most of the cases it works.
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Try by changing the drive letter assigned to your external Hard drive from the disk management. I am sure it will work, in most of the cases it works.
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Try by changing the drive letter assigned to your external Hard drive from the disk management. I am sure it will work, in most of the cases it works.
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Try by changing the drive letter assigned to your external Hard drive from the disk management. I am sure it will work, in most of the cases it works.
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Is there any hardware problem like loose USB / power cord? Is the power saving mode setting made the drive disconnected?
– Kenneth L
Apr 23 '14 at 7:53
Can I assume when you say you can't see any files, you can still access the external hard drive? There are many reasons for this to happen such as faulty hard-ware (bad hard drive)
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:33
Adam, can you edit your question and add some spacing/paragraphs etc. It's really hard to read.
– Dave
Apr 23 '14 at 8:35
1
What's your settings in Control Panel > Power Options? Is the "Turn off hard disks" option set to "Never"?
– Kenneth L
Apr 24 '14 at 2:45
1
@Adam No harm to give a try to set it "Never". You can always change it back to 20 minutes if you have excluded this reason.
– Kenneth L
Apr 25 '14 at 1:51