Q&A: New Portable Hard Drive Weird Hidden files and folders problem?
Kyle asks
Hello,
I just bought a new Seagate Freeagent Go 320Gb Portable HDD and for some weird reason the folders and files make themselves hidden and i dont know why.
Please help if you can.
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Sounds like there is security software on there to protect your files. Usually, this software ends up causing more trouble then its worth so just format the hard drive and things should be fine.
Hi! I had a experience with some viruses that will hide all folders in the removable drive and sometimes make child files, with names of your folders, and icons of a folder , but they are exe files… Dont panic, you files are safe, but are super hidden… Download malwarebytes and run a scan of your PC …
Warning: Dont double click any drive to open it, it would trigger autorun of drive and perhaps start the virus again. Use address bar to open the drive.
Go to folder options, view …. Tick show hidden files and folders, untick Hide extensions of known file types and also untick Hide protected operating system files . This will enable you to see the drive contents. Delete all the folders with .exe extensions, and .cmd, .bat , .com files etc . Also delete a autorun.inf file if present. Delete autorun.inf file from all other system drives too.
If in case your folder options are disabled or you aren’t able to access files still, your registry is bugged … Restore settings using this tool….
http://rathat.geekstogo.com/Applications/RatsCheddar.zip
Read this post for more….
http://pcgyaan.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/35/
In case you still cant figure things out, contact me.