How to show Hidden Data due to virus

Hi to all!
I have an external hard drive and it didn’t showing any data in it due to virus…………. I have select the option in the “Folder Option” “Show hidden files, folders and drives” but even then I am unable to see the data in the folders ……………..
Drive is showing the right “Used space” …………. But didn’t showing the data in the folders……… What should I do………….. Data is really precious…………
Please help me………
Thanks in advance………
Answer #1
Click on the start menu and type cmd into the search box, Then right click it and pick “run as administrator”
Type the following and hit enter:
x:
Replace x with the specific drive letter of your external HDD.
Now type this:
attrib -s -h -r *.* /s /d
It’ll un-hide everything, It might take a while to complete tho!
Answer #2
Dear ………..It says this………
Answer #3
Let’s try a different approach.
Uncheck “hide protected operating system files (recommended)” from folder options and see how it goes!
You should now be able to see everything.
Answer #4
I have done this but it didn’t worked…………..
Answer #5
I just wanna make sure I got this right, You’re saying that you cannot see the folders at all, Correct?
If you’re getting an Access/Permission denied error while you’re trying to access em, That’s a different story!
Answer #6
I can see the folders in my external drive………… But I can’t see the data inside each folder……. Its saying that folder is empty……. Its showing the 0 Bytes size of every folder…….. but when I checked the properties of External HDD its showing the right used space……
Answer #7
That’s what I thought, It’s probably a permissions problem.
Get this reg file:
http://www.sysnative.com/forums/windows-8-|-windows-rt-tutorials/5170-add-take-ownership-to-right-click-context-menu-windows-8-a.html
Then right click each folder>take ownership
Answer #8



Answer #9
Did you even read my previous reply?
Answer #10
I cant download the file………… can you plz give me any other link……
Answer #11
Here you go:
http://temp-share.com/show/HKd9l0a1A
Answer #12
Its not working dear…………….. Still showing folder is empty……………..
Answer #13
Then I’d say it’s time to try a data recovery app, I recommend this one:
http://www.google.com?t=18461279
Do note however that since data is only recoverable til overwritten – You MUST recover it to a different HDD/Partition!
Answer #14
Even after taking the ownership ……………. It doesn’t work…………………
Answer #15
Maybe you can try this…
Open Command Prompt (Like asked you before), and type in the following command:
dir J:/Movies /A /Q
What’s next depends on the output of the command.
Answer #16
solved