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Drive is 1T external USB SSD formatted to NTFS (by Ubuntu). (Dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 15.04) Works great on Linux. But in Windows 7 it shows up as empty. No errors. dir /a shows just two files, a system file and a trashcan file. The size shows up as empty. I can even create a folder and view it, so it acts like a perfectly good empty drive. When I boot back to Ubuntu I cannot see the folder I created in Windows, but I can again see the 190G contents I expect. fsck and chkdsk report no errors. I had to format in Ubuntu because Ubuntu would not mount if formatted in either NTFS or exFAT by Windows.

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  • Try formatting it to fat
    – sajinmp
    Commented Jun 27, 2015 at 2:36
  • Windows 7 offers only NTFS and exFAT as choices.
    – mckelvey
    Commented Jun 27, 2015 at 19:42

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show checked "Show hidden files and folders", as well as unchecked "Hide extensions for known files types" and "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" in the Tools / Folder Options / View Tab I found all my files in one of the folders I wasn't seeing before. There were several folders that seemed to have been generated as a result of this hard drive issue, and one of them contained all my files.

visit the link:http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/show-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-vista/

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  • If I show everything all I get are the two system files, like the trash can. It appears that Windows 7 only partially understands the Ubuntu version of NTFS.
    – mckelvey
    Commented Jun 27, 2015 at 19:44

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