I have some files on my external NTFS drive that were copied from a Mac using Paragon NTFS. Back in Windows 7, I'm unable to view said files. I believe they exist because they still occupy space on the drive. Also, I don't currently have access to a Mac.
Here's what I've tried so far :
Cygwin/Command-Prompt
Tried
ls -a
anddir /ah
but it doesn't work.Data recovery software
It detects the folders but it's taking forever to
recover
given that these files haven't been deleted in the first place.
I vaguely recall there being certain commands in Command-Prompt that can force such files to reveal themselves. And then it becomes a matter of simple cut/paste to retrieve them.
alternate data streams
to map extended data. I don't remember how to show these in Windows, but you could try looking for ADS..DS Store
.ls -rA yourdirectory
, you can at least conclude that they are not represented in this directory. I guess you can't see them with Windows Explorer either? Perhaps your drive is corrupt. Did you perhaps forget to eject it from the Mac, before disconnecting it? How did you attempt data recovery?