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Q: Folders turned into Unix Executable File on my external HD

Hello

 

  I have the latest version of the mac Os X. I got one external drive, ntfs formatted and not sure why, some of the folders in this drive has turned into Unix Executable File - I can not access them.

 

  Please let me know what I can do since those folders contain back up photos I do not want to loose.

 

Thank you!

Gilson

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 5, 2013 8:13 AM

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  • by gsantosoliver,

    gsantosoliver gsantosoliver Oct 8, 2013 3:58 PM in response to gsantosoliver
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    Oct 8, 2013 3:58 PM in response to gsantosoliver

    I have ran 2 softwares against the drive to see if there was any currupted files that I could recover: Drive Genius and Data Rescue. They did not work

     

    Any ideas?

  • by gsantosoliver,

    gsantosoliver gsantosoliver Oct 14, 2013 7:10 AM in response to gsantosoliver
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    Oct 14, 2013 7:10 AM in response to gsantosoliver

    Hey! I am really desperate here Any ideas guys?

  • by The Other Shahab,

    The Other Shahab The Other Shahab Oct 30, 2014 12:03 PM in response to gsantosoliver
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    Oct 30, 2014 12:03 PM in response to gsantosoliver

    Ok I have half an answer for you. I went through the same thing and recovered 1 TB files. Trouble is I have forgotten the fix.

     

     

    Go to Terminal in Utilities and show hidden files by typing the following:

     

         defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1


    Now look at the drive that has the problem. You will see your original files in hidden mode and you will be able to explore them. Oh wait let me try something...



    Ok I have the full answer for you and here it is:


    Go to Terminal in Utilities and show hidden files by typing the command above. Go to the drive that has turned your folder called XYZ into XYZ.exe


    Make a new folder called XYZ2, drag all the files from the hidden folder into the new folder. Delete the now empty folder and the .exe folder and your drive will be as good as new.


    I don't know how to hide all hidden files again.


    Cheers from Pakistan!

  • by tamikiagreene,

    tamikiagreene tamikiagreene Jan 22, 2015 10:59 AM in response to gsantosoliver
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    Jan 22, 2015 10:59 AM in response to gsantosoliver

    I am having the same problem, I was just working on the files yesterday and today the folder converted as well.  I can't seem to get any resolution. 

  • by Villefrance,

    Villefrance Villefrance Feb 10, 2015 11:18 PM in response to The Other Shahab
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    Feb 10, 2015 11:18 PM in response to The Other Shahab

    Thanks a lot!

    This solved the problem for me!

    Just FYI you can hide the hidden files again by typing the following command in Terminal:

         defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0

  • by Dave Dread,

    Dave Dread Dave Dread Oct 8, 2015 7:47 PM in response to The Other Shahab
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    Oct 8, 2015 7:47 PM in response to The Other Shahab

    Im having similar issue with a memory card. can you walk me through this? I'm a photographer shooting with a Canon 1DC camera. I was working from my macbook air (running Yosemite) to transfer photos from a 64gb CF Promaster memory card to a 2tb western digital external hard drive (like i always do) and one of the files wouldn't transfer. The computer froze when I attempted to open that file and I eventually shut the computer down. When I turned the computer back on and put the card back into the reader the folder that had the file that wouldn't open was suddenly a Unix file. There was another folder on the card that had images in it and was perfectly fine. Can you help me to turn the unix file back into a folder and recover the files?

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