Computer shows external drive empty while its not.

Dir /a actualy gives me a list of folders I have on that drive.

try dir /a:s

What do you get?

I am guessing what you will need to do is for every folder you want to have show up when you open the drive, do the following command:

attrib /s /d -h -s Folder

For example

attrib /s /d -h -s Movies

Somehow, your folders all were set to be seen as hidden system files. You can remove that attribute with the above command.

That last thing worked ! Thank you so much !

Optec said:

That last thing worked ! Thank you so much !

You're welcome. Glad your files are all now visible/accessible. :)

This has half worked for me, thanks very much so far!! I can get my folders back but they still show empty . Any ideas?

Please provide us with a screenshot of your Disk Management. Tell us which disk you are having problems with. Start Menu -> Right click Computer -> Manage -> Disk Management from the list on the left

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