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How to find your missing files on External drive

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JohnEltin Posts 3 Registration date Thursday April 7, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 12, 2017 - Updated on Aug 12, 2017 at 05:28 PM
Ambucias Posts 47312 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen March 28, 2026 - Aug 12, 2017 at 05:28 PM
After Googling for 3 days without success THIS worked for me:

Open Start and typing CMD to open Command Prompt Window;
Type “chkdsk g:/f” (if the external hard drive is Driver g:), click Enter;
Now, it will start repairing damaged files, it will ask if you want to save lost chains into another location. Click "Yes".

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Ambucias Posts 47312 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen March 28, 2026 11,166
Aug 12, 2017 at 05:28 PM
Thank you John

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