Files get deleted from external harddrive

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I have a iMac 27 inch i5 32 gig ram desktop machine and I very frustrated because my files (.mov) get deleted on my external hard drive every time I empty the Trash! My internal hard drive is full so I copy and paste .mov files on to my external hard drive. I confirm and see the files copied successfully then I delete the .mov file on my hard drive then I empty the Trash. When I go bact to my external hard drive the files previously copied disappeared.

Can someone please assist me what is going on this drives me mad!
 
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Help us get a better idea of what's happening. What OS X version? What external drive - brand, size, space avail, connection type. Size of internal drive and space avail. Copy & paste method (drag & drop?). Any errors during copy? Did you check the size of the copied file to see if it was actually copied? Sorry for all the questions -trying understand the situation!
And - size of file being copied?
 

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