folders present files missing on ext4
Posted: 09 Mar 2017, 12:45
Hello everyone,
I've been to the end of the internet and back. And then I decided to ask a question using this tool, testdisk, which has been a life saver over, oh, some 8 years or more.
Anyway, this time, the data is very delicate and I must proceed with EXTREME caution.
Here's the situation: I have a 3TB hd formatted in ext4 that has refused to show up in the BIOS. However, connected to an external enclosure, it will show up sometimes. Other times, after a few restart the light blinks on the enclosure for a while and then it shows up. As is presently the case with the machine booted off a Linux boot disk, on which, unfortunately, testdisk was not complied with. However, it seems to give me the option to install it, when I tried using testdisk. I have not done so yet.
However, the HD has shown up on the desktop, after so many tries. All the folders are there, but they are empty. Clicking on a folder named, morpheus for example, reveals nothing within it. I know it should not be empty because I put files in it. This is the case for all the folders.
I have never had this case before and don't now know how to proceed. And that's why I'm turning to the you guys, looking for help. I've left the machine on, and the HD, so I don't spend another week trying to get it to show up on a desktop, any desktop.
Thanks a lot in advance.
I've been to the end of the internet and back. And then I decided to ask a question using this tool, testdisk, which has been a life saver over, oh, some 8 years or more.
Anyway, this time, the data is very delicate and I must proceed with EXTREME caution.
Here's the situation: I have a 3TB hd formatted in ext4 that has refused to show up in the BIOS. However, connected to an external enclosure, it will show up sometimes. Other times, after a few restart the light blinks on the enclosure for a while and then it shows up. As is presently the case with the machine booted off a Linux boot disk, on which, unfortunately, testdisk was not complied with. However, it seems to give me the option to install it, when I tried using testdisk. I have not done so yet.
However, the HD has shown up on the desktop, after so many tries. All the folders are there, but they are empty. Clicking on a folder named, morpheus for example, reveals nothing within it. I know it should not be empty because I put files in it. This is the case for all the folders.
I have never had this case before and don't now know how to proceed. And that's why I'm turning to the you guys, looking for help. I've left the machine on, and the HD, so I don't spend another week trying to get it to show up on a desktop, any desktop.
Thanks a lot in advance.