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Hello!

I am using TestDisk in Ubuntu 18.04 to copy a directory of files (about 22,000 files, mostly photos and a few videos) from a failing NTFS-formatted hard disk (it ran Windows 10; I can't boot it anymore but I can still see file system via TestDisk) to the physically separate working ext4-formatted hard disk in the same computer. I am able to copy the directory using TestDisk from the failing hard drive over to the working hard drive, but I cannot "see" the copied folders and files in the Ubuntu file directory. I set the copied file destination as the "Documents" folder on the Ubuntu drive. TestDisk appears to successfully complete the file copying, and I can see that the amount of stored data on the working hard drive has changed by approximately the amount you would expect from having copied the files... I just cannot see the files.

What could be the problem? How might I be able to see these files on the Ubuntu drive so I can get them off the device completely, secured and redundantly backed-up? If more information is needed to diagnose this problem, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you in advance for any kind attention you can provide.

helix

The destination directory may be owned by root instead of your usual user, so you may need to use <code>chown -R username:usergroup directory</code> to change it.

This was my exact problem and your solution worked. I was able to find the missing files. Thank you so much!