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Files & Folders Missing from External Hard Drive and Still Taking Space

Stephen West ~ Modified: July 3rd, 2018 ~ ~ 1 Minute Reading

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    Stephen West
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    4 pts

    Yesterday I was working on my Toshiba pc with Sony 1TB hard drive and suddenly i saw that my all file and folder create short cut in my External hard drive and I can’t access my data along with that my external hard drive shows that these file still taking up space any one please suggest me the appropriate solution for recovery of my short cut data

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    Kerry Morris
    Moderator
    33 pts

    Yes you will recover your file which create short cut in hard drive and still taking up space may be your file is hide just follow this method to unhide these files

    • click on the My Computer
    • Find view tab
    • click on the show unhide option
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    Dexter Morgan
    Moderator
    38 pts

    If above method is not suitable for recover your file which create short cut and still taking up space than try this method to recover your short cut file from external hard drive which is still taking up space

      Use Anti virus scanning program

    • click on Anti virus program
    • scan option is shown on your screen
    • click on full scan
    • now finally you will access your short cut folder data
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    Stephen West
    Moderator
    4 pts

    I scanned my external hard drive by anti virus. But some of folders are missing and also images are distorted. Please suggest me a reliable solution.

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    Eddie Thwan
    Moderator
    44 pts

    You can also prefer CMD COMMAND method to recover your file which create short cut and still taking up space
    Here are the following steps given for using CMD COMMAND

    • GO to start option in your window screen
    • search for RUN
    • write CMD when RUN dialogue box is open
    • select your device (hard-drive, sd card, flash drive)
    • Now type del*.lnk and press enter
    • Type command attribute-h-r-s/s/d drive letter:*.*
    • In the end press enter

    Limitations of using this method: – user must be technically sound good to apply run cmd commands otherwise you may lost your data.

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    Barry Alllen
    Moderator
    25 pts

    You can go to your hard drive company website perhaps they will provide proper
    diagnostic of your file which create short cut in hard drive and still taking up space problem

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    Stephen West
    Moderator
    4 pts

    Thanks guys for your valuable suggestion I have applied all this method but still unable to fix short cut file which is missing from my external drive and still taking up space issue.

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    Michael Scofield
    Moderator
    20 pts

    if above all this method will not help you than go for SysTools Hard Drive Data Recovery Software so that you will access your file which become short-cut in your hard drive.

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    Stephen West
    Moderator
    4 pts

    I haven’t tried any software before, please suggest me any trusted software which will recovered my all short cut file and help me to fix this error.

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    Henry Davidson
    Moderator
    31 pts

    Hello,

    I am using Seagate external hard drive, When I attached to my laptop it shows empty. Means now I am unable to view saved files. Is there any solution to fix Seagate external hard drive files disappeared issue.

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    Kerry Morris
    Moderator
    33 pts

    Hello,

    I have mentioned above solution for hide or unhide hard drive files. Please follow those steps and fix Seagate external hard drive files disappeared issue.

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    Henry Davidson
    Moderator
    31 pts

    I already tried those steps but I am not able to recover my data. I also tried CMD but still, my all files and folders missing from the external Hard drive. Please suggest me another solution for this.

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    Stephen West
    Moderator
    4 pts

    Hello,
    I also faced the same problem. I had formatted my hard drive. Then I tried the SysTool software and recovered my data very easily. I have got my all files and folders missing from the external hard drive. The tool recovers all data very safely and securely without any data loss.

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    Henry Davidson
    Moderator
    31 pts

    Thank You Stephen West for suggesting me an essential software. With the help of SysTool software, I recovered my whole data very easily. I feel relaxed now because, it recovered my files which missing from external hard drive very safely. This is the best software. I want to say thank you developer team for making a fabulous software.

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    Mariya Beckham
    Moderator
    2 pts

    Yes, I also tried this software. It is an amazing software. You can say the best hard drive data recovery software. Thank you so much for making this software.

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    Kerry Morris
    Moderator
    33 pts

    My external hard drive files missing but showing occupied space. I checked its properties and found files are still there. But when I explore my external hard drive noting found. As above suggested I checked for hidden files. But nothing found, Is there any other solution for files missing from external hard drive but still taking up space?

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