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How to delete hidden files on external HDD
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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 952816" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>If, as advised, you <u>have</u> emptied the trash <strong>with the external device(s) attached/inserted</strong>, and the data remains, then we need to know more about it.</p><p></p><p>Files, other than the database one, on an external device are seldom 'hidden', so could you describe them a bit more. Have you at some stage used an external device as a boot volume, ie. has it had an OS on it?</p><p></p><p>Of course, one way to delete absolutely everything on an external device is to reformat it, that'll take care of the pesky 'hidden' files.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 952816, member: 56231"] If, as advised, you [U]have[/U] emptied the trash [B]with the external device(s) attached/inserted[/B], and the data remains, then we need to know more about it. Files, other than the database one, on an external device are seldom 'hidden', so could you describe them a bit more. Have you at some stage used an external device as a boot volume, ie. has it had an OS on it? Of course, one way to delete absolutely everything on an external device is to reformat it, that'll take care of the pesky 'hidden' files. [/QUOTE]
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