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I have an iMac with a 2gb G-Drive External Hard Drive. I use it for photos with my Lightroom. I hadn't emptied my trash in ages so I went about emptying it and a problem arose. It started listing items in the trash as it was going, but it kept on going. I let it keep going and it went on for two days till I stopped it. It started stopping with a warning some folder was in use, did I want to delete or skip. It said there was over 30 million items in the trash. When I unplugged the external drive and emptied there trash again there was no problem, so I have an external hard drive problem. I don't understand what happen. I know I will have to re-format the drive. The question I have is , is the folder where I have my photo's corrupted or is it the drive. I have over 40 thousand photo's in my drive and I can't loose them. Any ideas or help will be appreciated.