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Cartoonist

(7,534 posts) Sun Jul 17, 2016, 02:45 PM Jul 2016

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I have an old Mac running on OS9. I started transferring files to my new PC via thumb drives. Things were going smoothly with many files loaded onto the thumb drive successfully. Then jpg's started disappearing. The folder would transfer, but the files inside weren't. To make things worse, the original files disappeared also. Any idea what happened?

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lost files [View all] Cartoonist Jul 2016 OP

Your files disappeared from the thumb drive or or old Mac? earthshine Jul 2016 #1

Pretty sure he was just using the ManiacJoe Jul 2016 #2

Yes Cartoonist Jul 2016 #5

Start looking for a free file recovery tool canetoad Jul 2016 #3

Hmmm Cartoonist Jul 2016 #4

That's what I would run it on. It sounds like the software did a move jtuck004 Jul 2016 #6

Possibly yes canetoad Jul 2016 #7

I'll try Cartoonist Jul 2016 #9

My guess is bad or counterfeit thumb drive BlueStateLib Jul 2016 #8

Cheap drive Cartoonist Jul 2016 #10

did you do a copy and paste or a cut and paste? hobbit709 Jul 2016 #11

I did a drag and drop Cartoonist Jul 2016 #12

That removes it from the original location. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #13

No it doesn't Cartoonist Jul 2016 #14

I always select what files I want. copy and paste to the new location, check to see hobbit709 Jul 2016 #15

I've got you beat Cartoonist Jul 2016 #16

What ?!? Not so ! eppur_se_muova Aug 2016 #18

file system incompibable sassszin Aug 2016 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2017 #19