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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1621465" data-attributes="member: 234411">Hello, as to Nick's question, see the first bolded statement above - you've copied files from your computer (assume MBPro; what OS is installed) to the external HD, and THEN did you delete the same files off of your computer's drive?&nbsp; If so, do you have any other backup, such as Time Machine or a cloned drive?Second, see the lower bolded statement referring to 'useless Toshiba files' - how do you know these were 'useless' files or crucial to the function of the external HD?Do you know the file format of the Toshiba drive (e.g. FAT32, MacOS HFS)?&nbsp; If not already done, open Disk Utility and see if the drive can be read and what information is provided - determine if there is more than one partition now?&nbsp; Just for starters - good luck!&nbsp; Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />P.S. Well, Nick beat me to posting next, but seems like we are still interpreting that OP differently - will see what the response may be?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1621465, member: 234411"] Hello, as to [B]Nick's[/B] question, see the first bolded statement above - you've copied files from your computer (assume MBPro; what OS is installed) to the external HD, and THEN did you delete the same files off of your computer's drive? If so, do you have any other backup, such as Time Machine or a cloned drive? Second, see the lower bolded statement referring to 'useless Toshiba files' - how do you know these were 'useless' files or crucial to the function of the external HD? Do you know the file format of the Toshiba drive (e.g. FAT32, MacOS HFS)? If not already done, open Disk Utility and see if the drive can be read and what information is provided - determine if there is more than one partition now? Just for starters - good luck! Dave :) P.S. Well, [B]Nick[/B] beat me to posting next, but seems like we are still interpreting that OP differently - will see what the response may be? [/QUOTE]

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