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Deleted items 4kb icons still appear and slow down loading
Hi all! I've got a backup drive that I use for portable files - sort of a big USB device! - and I'll transfer music videos or other small files to watch on television, where the Samsung TV upscales it to full screen and they're easier to watch.
Unfortunately over the years there have been hundreds, most of which are deleted soon after watching, but when I plug the drive into the TV it lists hundreds of 4Kb icons of files that are long gone, before it gets to the current ones. This really slows the process down as the television is slow to scroll.
How can I remove all of these, so that the only files shown are the ones that are still on the drive? The PC doesn't show them, CCleaner doesn't appear to remove them, and disk cleanup doesn't detect them. They only appear on my televisions.