files and folders invisible after the attack of virus on the external HARD disk

I have an external Seagate 500 GB HDD.
Yesterday I plugged on my friend's laptop computer, but her laptop has been attacked. I didn't know it. so I just copied the files on my HARD drive.
After connecting the HARD drive to my laptop, I've scanned several times, but only one file or folder is not visible in it. And I checked the properties, its display used and remaining memory on the HARD drive.
Not what happened? I want historical data... How can I make them visible?
Help, please...

Hi Muralidharpattar,

This problem normally occurs when permission for files/folders have been modified and may be hidden.

Method 1: We will connect the hard drive and try to check if files and folders are hidden or not.

Show hidden files

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/show-hidden-files#show-hidden-files=Windows-7

Method 2:

If the problem persists, I suggest you analyze the external hard drive to see if it is operated by the virus and malwares. If you have any antivirus program that is not built, you can run scanning using it. If this isn't the case, you can use the provided scanner.

Step 1:

Start your computer in safe mode and check the number.

To start your computer in safe mode

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

Step 2:

Run a scan antivirus on your computer.

www.Microsoft.com/Security/Scanner

Note: If infections are detected during the scan, there is a risk of data loss because infected files will be deleted.
 
Hope this information helps. Response with status so that we can help you.

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