[Solved] system volume information shortcut

[ludo001]

Hi Synapse and Armageddon, thank you for your interest.

Synapse - good idea! Now it looks like this:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]947.vB5-legacyid=1841[/ATTACH]

folders appeared not after ticking show hidden , but only after unticking Hide protected files of OS. So it looks like system considers the folders as part of OS? Now is there some possibility to change them to "normal folders"? If not, it seems that I can at least to copy them somewhere else.

[KenB]

Hi,

 

At least you can now see your files :)

 

Now is there some possibility to change them to "normal folders"?

I think so.

 

Go back and tick " Hide protected files of OS"

( there may be a "Reset to Defaults" ....I am not on Win7 at the moment )

 

Click Start > type in .....cmd .....right click on cmd.exe that appears top left > click on Run as Administrator

At the prompt type ...

F: ...............then hit ENTER

 

You should see F:\> ........ F: is the drive letter that is showing in your picture for the external drive. Check this first.

 

Then type ..... ATTRIB -s -h *.* /s /d

There is a space between each

Explanation:

ATTRIB allows us to change the properties of a file or folder

s refers to a system file

h refers to a hidden file

 

-h will remove the attribute from that file

 

/s processes files

 

/d processes folders

[ludo001]

So I rather moved files elsewhere, formatted HDD and then copied them back. Now everything seems to be all right and problem solved.

Thank to all of you for help!

[KenB]

Now everything seems to be all right and problem solved.

That is good to hear :)