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Hidden folders on NTFS drive under 10.4.7

  • 11-07-2006 10:17am
    #1
    irishguy
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    I have an external 500gig drive connected to my MBP but 2 folders are missing when i boot into OSx. They appear under windows fine, i have scanned the drives under windows and all seems to be fine anyone have any suggestions?

    Btw the folders are not setup as hidded folders under windows


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  • #2
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,816 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Last I remembered, OSX couldn't read NTFS... what'd I miss?


  • #3
    irishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,304 ✭✭✭irishguy


    K.O.Kiki wrote:
    Last I remembered, OSX couldn't read NTFS... what'd I miss?

    It can read NTFS but not write to it


  • #4
    ZENER
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    What are the folders called ? Are they something like ".trashes" ? Folders like this won't show in Finder. Can you list the folders in terminal ?

    ZEN


  • #5
    irishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,304 ✭✭✭irishguy


    Hmm mighty strange copyied on some files a while ago and now the 2 "hidden" folders have appeared. Btw they didnt have any unusual names. Might strange


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