UNABLE TO ACCESS DATA ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DRI Closed

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Hello, 
I had plugged in my external hard drive to our university computer trying to get some data . when i went home tried to pen my hard drive, it showed all the folders as shortcuts and showed that it had viruses. I scanned the hard drive using kaspersky antivirus. It showed that the viruses were deleted and back up of the files made. when i tried to open the shortcuts of the files they could not open. i deleted these shortcuts and i lost the data. when i am scanning, i can see the file names passing and the properties are showing the same size as before i lost the data. is there a way i can recover this data as it has all that i need. Please help



Configuration: Windows Vista / Firefox 3.6

jack4rall · Answer

Hello,  

Try this 1.  

Check whether the files are not in hidden mode.  

Click on "Start" --> In search box, type cmd and press "Enter". 

"Command Prompt" will be opened. 

Here I assume your external hard drive letter as G:  

Enter this command.  

attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.*  

Note : Replace the letter g with your external hard drive drive letter.  

Now check for your files in external hard drive.  

After that, download the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from the below link  

https://ccm.net/downloads/security-and-maintenance/4621-malwarebytes-anti-malware/  

Update it --> Perform "Full Scan"  

Note : Default selected option is "Quick Scan".  

Good Luck.

UNABLE TO ACCESS DATA ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DRI

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