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Why my files from external hard drive keep disappearing ? I need to restart to see the files, but after few hours they gone again. than I need restart again. thank you


Why my files keeps disappearing from external hard drive? I need to restart to see the files, but after few hours they gone again. thank I need restart again, thank you




Posted on Oct 17, 2020 1:08 PM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2020 1:25 PM

Vozembouch1 wrote:

Why my files from external hard drive keep disappearing ? I need to restart to see the files, but after few hours they gone again. than I need restart again. thank you

Why my files keeps disappearing from external hard drive? I need to restart to see the files, but after few hours they gone again. thank I need restart again, thank you




If your drive keeps unmounting— it is one indicator the drive is failing.


You can try—

Repair a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/disk-utility/repair-a-disk-dskutl1040/mac

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Oct 17, 2020 1:25 PM in response to Vozembouch1

Vozembouch1 wrote:

Why my files from external hard drive keep disappearing ? I need to restart to see the files, but after few hours they gone again. than I need restart again. thank you

Why my files keeps disappearing from external hard drive? I need to restart to see the files, but after few hours they gone again. thank I need restart again, thank you




If your drive keeps unmounting— it is one indicator the drive is failing.


You can try—

Repair a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/disk-utility/repair-a-disk-dskutl1040/mac

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