[SB in 43]

Hello

I found a topic onUSB files and folders renamed to weird symbols/characters back in 2013 but not sure the answer applies to my problem.

 

I have a brand new external H/D Intenso 4TB Memory Center USB3.0 compatible USB 2.0- I am running windows 10 installed on an HP Compaq 64 bits o/s.   I copied a lot of files (coreldraw, excel, pdf,word, images,etc)as  I wanted to keep all my files on this drive as they were on 5 diferent keys and H/D before that. For a few days all was well but then , one morning,  all folders bar 1 have been renamed with weird symbols and characters. The drive was nearly full  and I tried to delete some files but not possible.

I would like to recover as much a possible  and tried recovery software to no avail.

 

Many thanks for your help

SB

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Hello Freebooter,

 

Many thanks for your reply.

I have now(at the end of 8 hours of thunderstorms) done what you suggested and the attached shows the result. What do I do next?

Kind regards,

SBin43

[SB in 43]

Hello Freebooter,

 

Many thanks for your reply.

I have now(at the end of 8 hours of thunderstorms) done what you suggested and the attached shows the result. What do I do next?

Kind regards,

SBin43

[SB in 43]

Hello Freebooter,

 

Many thanks for your reply.

I have now(at the end of 8 hours of thunderstorms) done what you suggested and the attached shows the result. What do I do next?

Kind regards,

SBin43

Edited by SB in 43, 08 August 2017 - 06:35 AM.

[SB in 43]

Hello again,

 

Now  property shows it isFAT32 with both used and free space at 0.

 

If all is lost , so be it but what do I need to do in order to use the H/D  from now on?

 

Many thanks for your help

SBin43