Fix Files Not Showing in External Hard Drive| Space Used But Files not Showing - 3 Methods to Fix

📌Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Why Are Files Not Showing in External Hard Drive?
01:00 How to Fix USB Files Not Showing but Space Used?
01:24 Method 1: Show Hidden Files in File Explorer
02:00 Method 2: Run CHKDSK Tool to Fix Your External Hard Drive
03:09 Method 3: Recover the Missing Files using Tenorshare 4DDiG

Why are files not showing in external hard drive?
◾ Virus or malware
◾ Files are hidden
◾ File system errors
◾ Corrupted files
◾ Bad sector
◾ Hardware issues, etc.

These are possible causes for your files to disappear from your external hard drive. Now let’s see the ultimate solution on how to recover the missing files using Tenorshare 4DDiG.

Step 1. Download 4DDiG from the official website or check the video description to get direct download links.
Step 2. After installation, run Tenorshare 4DDiG. Next, select the location of your external drive where your files are not visible and click on scan. Select the file types that you want to recover, but if you ask me, I’d suggest you scan all file types.
Step 3. Now 4DDiG will scan your selected location. This process takes a bit of time depending on the size of your drive, so, I’d suggest you to grab something to eat while you wait.
Step 4. Alright, now select the folders or files that you want to recover. And click on the recover button.

After that select the location where you want to paste in your recovered data and finally click on recover.

👇This Video Is Also Helpful for:
1. How to Show Hidden Files in USB
2. Hard Drive Full But No Files in Windows 10/11
3. Hard Drive Not Showing Files Though They Still Exist
4. External Hard Drive/USB Does Not Show up in File Explorer Windows 10

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[jandrotapes]

Your video saved me! Multiple folders went missing in my drive and I ran the command prompt and chkdsk and afterwards my files reappeared. Thank you so much!

[comr_musa]

Hi, pls do I use the 4DDIG App before or after the formatting of the drive

[banjioloyede]

Checkdsk comannd worked. After trying several.. Thanks so much man!

[frumpaddamsbae]

I unearthed the files by following the instructions on this video but some of the folders disappeared and files such as subtitles and word documents appear as 0KB so I cannot open them. I really need help retrieving everything. Is there anything I can still do?

Don’t ever touch the notif that appears whenever you connect your HDD to your laptop/PC that says “Local Disk (Letter:) There’s a problem with this device. Scan the drive now and fix it.” If you click that, it will cause you much more problems than just by ignoring it. 😒

[heshmat_popal]

Thanks dear I fixed my Hard files ❤❤❤❤❤ loce you

[tommasosetaro]

Just saved my life with the chkdsk line 🙏🙏

[VINTAGEMUSICSSS]

thankyou your app is usable for me and also helpful

[Techlegacy-grmg]

bro it worked for me. Thanks a lot. now i'm subscribing your channel 🥰

[mycompetativeworldversion]

2nd method (cmd prompt) was working for me, thank you.

[Mrblessing.]

thank you so much it means a lot it was so helpful and useful thank you for the joy also...

[VEEBSPhotos]

Yeah, matter fixed within the first 2 minutes of watching. THANK SO MUCH!!!

[robinmc]

YOU JUST SAVED MY LIFE WITH YOUR COMMAND PROMPT COMMAND

[frostery]

"It'll take some time depending on the size of files" *Cries in 200 GB of files*

[kusuminnovationsdevelopmen]

Can you help me if the files are recovered folder wise or like what ? KINDLY HELP. IN BIG PROBLEM

[Hobypyrocom]

i have two Kingston SSD disks, both are same size, both bought at the same time and same store. i was using only one of them in my PC and the other one in my NVR. the one in the NVR probably got damaged so i tried plugging it in my PC to see if i can recover the data. i put it in the place of the one that i was using in my PC. the disk got recognized but i couldnt open it, so i thought i will format it so that i can try at least fixing it to use it in the NVR again. once i hit format, my PC got stuck, i unplug the NVR SSD and plug back the one i was using in my PC. when i forcefully restarted my PC, the SSD that was in my PC before had no data at all but showed the correct space used as when the data was there. thankfully using the "chkdsk" command, my files were showing again.

[tericheung]

tried all but still not working, thanks for baiting me to format my harddrive

[francisoseiannor]

bro not all the files came, especially my games
any help??

[erwnk]

or it simply just need to empty the recycle bin

[fsdbmvl]

The Command Prompt chkdsk e:/f (e being my HDD letter) (which I had research and found here and other advisers) - restored all my missing files - o.m.g. thank you so much