FYI: How to fix a invisible folders on Windows USB disk, but visible on Mac OSX
Here’s a fix to a problem I had with a using an usb drive on both Mac and Windows.
Problem: A directory of files was missing from a USB drive. (NTFS formatted USB drive). But, when I browsed the disk on Mac, the directory and files were visible.
Looking at the disk properties (ie. disk space used on the drive), it showed that the files were still there. It was really strange, and a lot of googling couldn’t find the answer.
Solution: Use the dos command chkdsk -f to fix the errors on the disk. The USB disk must have got corrupted when switch between machines.
Thanks to Milton for suggesting the fix. The problem was exsaserbated because it happen which I was migrating from Windows to Mac. 🙂
November 1st, 2007 at 10:15 pm
NTFS is a bit scary on linux as is .. sketchy support thus far … you should jus tbe using FAT32 easily recognised by both unix and windows.