i have a virus at my external hard drive and my files disappeared. can i still retrieve it? how?

[jkharl]

Hi all, i had a virus at my hard drive and the only thing that it shows is the shortcut. when i cleaned it the shortcut disappeared and my files are gone. but the capacity still shows that i still have my files on my drive. how can i solve this problem?

 

[aldan]

what virus did you have and what steps did you take to get rid of it?

 

[Hekarizblade]

Yeah just enable Hidden files and it will just appear the files are hidden i use these when my usb have virus

 

[salonirastogi]

i too have sAME problem please hep me... how can i enable hidden files ?

 

[salonirastogi]

Yeah just enable Hidden files and it will just appear the files are hidden i use these when my usb have virus

please tell me how do i enable hidden files ?

 

[Dashing_star]

http/en.kioskea.net/faq/11225-files-on-external-drive-changed-to-shortcuts#q=all+files+in+hard+drive+showed+as+shortcut&cur=4&url=%2F

The process showed in the above link..How to enable the hidden files...
Regards