PeelAcres151
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Hi,
I've got a Seagate 2TB external drive for backup. When I backup files and click on the drive it just says 'this folder is empty'. However, if i search for a file or directory it appears. I did read something to the effect that Windows 7 fails to show the files if a drive is very large but I can't find the source of that now. I've searched high and low online and would have thought if it was a common problem there would be many instances.
To try and get round this I partitioned the drive into partitions which were the same as the drives I wished to back up and which themselves display their contents okay in explorer. Even with partitions the contents are still not showing unless I search for a particular item.
Really can't understand this as the files are there and explorer can see them if I go via search but that's not a viable solution because most times you will want to navigate yourself.
Would really appreciate any thoughts.
Many Thanks
Peel
I've got a Seagate 2TB external drive for backup. When I backup files and click on the drive it just says 'this folder is empty'. However, if i search for a file or directory it appears. I did read something to the effect that Windows 7 fails to show the files if a drive is very large but I can't find the source of that now. I've searched high and low online and would have thought if it was a common problem there would be many instances.
To try and get round this I partitioned the drive into partitions which were the same as the drives I wished to back up and which themselves display their contents okay in explorer. Even with partitions the contents are still not showing unless I search for a particular item.
Really can't understand this as the files are there and explorer can see them if I go via search but that's not a viable solution because most times you will want to navigate yourself.
Would really appreciate any thoughts.
Many Thanks
Peel