Files in Folder Hided in Windows 8 Machine

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

I have copied data from my friends pendrive to my laptop for studying the contents

And your laptop drive is NTFS formatted?

Lakshmana

Yes. It is NTFS.

scottalanmiller

What kind of files are they?

scottalanmiller

Can you provide a screenshot of the properties of the folder?

nadnerB

I had a user with similar issues, turns out it was malware that was hiding them.

Lakshmana

Lakshmana

@nadnerB I am using Windows Defender as my Antivirus and the Antivirus is fully updated

nadnerB

@nadnerB said:

I had a user with similar issues, turns out it was malware that was hiding them.

I should mention that the files could be found by enabling "show Hidden Files and folders".

This does not appear to be the case here but probably well worth your time giving the USB a scan.

nadnerB

@Lakshmana said:

@nadnerB I am using Windows Defender as my Antivirus and the Antivirus is fully updated

Yeah but it's always good to get a second opinion , try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (if it's your home PC) just to be sure.
It's not free for business use, so you might need to fund a different program for work.

Lakshmana

@nadnerB This is my home laptop.I have already enabled the "Show Hidden Files option"

scottalanmiller

Are you on SSD or a traditional spinning hard disk?

I ask before... is it possible that it is just taking a really, really long time for that folder to open for the first time?

Lakshmana

The hard disk is traditional only not SSD.
There is no time delay when I opened the folder for the first time

scottalanmiller

@Lakshmana said:

The hard disk is traditional only not SSD.
There is no time delay when I opened the folder for the first time

No time delay, but nothing appears.... That's why I'm wondering if just showing the contents is taking a while.

scottalanmiller

Instead of Windows Explorer, can you see things doing a dir from the command line?

Lakshmana

I can see the folder in command prompt.
When i am inside the folder,the contents are provided as given below

nadnerB

Well, your results aren't good. Looks like there is nothing there.

If you run a search on the root level of the USB for *.* , does anything show up?
Did you Cut and Paste the files or Copy and Paste?
If you cut the files, then forgetting to paste them, copied something else... they are gone

It's entirely possible that they have been pasted/moved to an unintended location.

scottalanmiller

How long did the copy take? Are the files still on the USB drive?

Lakshmana

I have given the USB and the files take 10-20 Minutes copy to my laptop

Lakshmana

@nadnerB I have pasted the folder by copying the whole folder

scottalanmiller

Anything odd about the file names?