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I have HDD with a lot of video files. Usually I connect my HDD with TV to watch videos. Today I've connected the drive to my PC and noticed some hidden files, but nothing related to video. The files are:

  • $RECYCLE.BIN
  • System Volume Information (32KB)
  • .mediaDB_3495978201.db (19KB)

In explorer I see that 159GB free of 596GB. How can I found hidden video files and recover it?

I have added screen with broken drive G.

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  • Did your TV perform a firmware update? Maybe some programming with the TV caused this. Anyways you will need to set your folder options to Show Hidden Files if you want to see your videos.
    – MonkeyZeus
    Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 14:02
  • @MonkeyZeus My TV has never been updated. Now I'm scanning drive with Recuva as @Dalton mentioned. It has been found something. I will let you know the results when it will be completed.
    – Warlock
    Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 14:13
  • Can you right-click and go to properties of each file/folder and see which one is the biggest?
    – MonkeyZeus
    Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 14:23
  • @MonkeyZeus Recuva is still scanning. For files from screen .cmdb is the biggest, it's 32KB.
    – Warlock
    Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 14:27
  • @MonkeyZeus Recuva has recovered a lot of files, but not all :(
    – Warlock
    Commented Nov 9, 2013 at 10:22

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Open the hidden files it should show you all the files present (most probably the files will be present in RECYCLE.BIN folder). To recover deleted files you can use Recuva software http://www.piriform.com/recuva or any other recovery software.

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    If the files are really in the Recycle Bin, no need for extra software -- just open the Recycle Bin & select, then right-click and choose Restore.
    – Debra
    Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 14:19
  • Recycle Bin is empty. I've found files with a help of Recuva. Now, I'm trying to recover them.
    – Warlock
    Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 16:05
  • I have recovered some files, but not all. I can see all files on my TV, but it is not accessible in PC. What's wrong?
    – Warlock
    Commented Nov 8, 2013 at 6:40
  • Please Follow the below steps 1) goto run type diskmgmt.msc.. 2)Select your external hdd 3)how many partitions does it show? and what is the file system of each partitions? (should be NTFS)
    – Dalton
    Commented Nov 8, 2013 at 9:17
  • @Dalton It's FAT32
    – Warlock
    Commented Nov 9, 2013 at 10:27
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Maybe they are just hidden because of a virus or something like that.

You should try to unhide them:

  1. Open a folder
  2. Go to Organize > Folder and Search Options
  3. Under Folder Options go to: View
  4. Under Hidden Files and Folders, tick Show hidden files, folders…
  5. Also Un-tick: Hide protected operating system files
  6. Click OK.

Click Properties in one folder, and at General, see if you can un-tick the Hidden option.

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  • Still cannot see any files, I have added a screen shot, please review.
    – Warlock
    Commented Nov 7, 2013 at 13:10

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