I have a 12tb Seagate external HD that has about 450gb of free space left. Im going to type out exactly what happened and see what you all think -
- I check my HD to see how many files are on there and it shows as 34,805 at about 12.3tb of space. They are sorted into 'watched' and 'unwatched' folders.
- reconfigure the files into 'list' so I can horizontally scroll them instead of vertical, they are still in separate folders.
- I disconnect the HD from my laptop the proper way (right clicking the icon, clicking 'disconnect' and verifying it says 'safe to remove' before unplugging)
- I plug in the same HD at work. It shows over 41,000 files at 14.3tb, the 'watched' folder is now copied into the 'not watched' folder, and it is no longer in list format but instead reverted to 'large icons'.
- I disconnect the HD properly again, reconnect it, and now its showing as slightly over 35,000 files, taking up 12.3tb of space, but the copied files are still present.
Thats it. Im sitting here now looking and can confirm the files are still present, and dragging a double into the other folder causes a message saying theres already identical files in the destination folder.
Any advice? Anyone deal with this before? Been using Seagate HDs now for over a decade and its a first for me.