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12. I did a drag and drop

Mon Jul 18, 2016, 02:08 PM

Jul 2016

It worked fine until . . .

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lost files [View all] Cartoonist Jul 2016 OP

Your files disappeared from the thumb drive or or old Mac? earthshine Jul 2016 #1

Pretty sure he was just using the ManiacJoe Jul 2016 #2

Yes Cartoonist Jul 2016 #5

Start looking for a free file recovery tool canetoad Jul 2016 #3

Hmmm Cartoonist Jul 2016 #4

That's what I would run it on. It sounds like the software did a move jtuck004 Jul 2016 #6

Possibly yes canetoad Jul 2016 #7

I'll try Cartoonist Jul 2016 #9

My guess is bad or counterfeit thumb drive BlueStateLib Jul 2016 #8

Cheap drive Cartoonist Jul 2016 #10

did you do a copy and paste or a cut and paste? hobbit709 Jul 2016 #11

I did a drag and drop Cartoonist Jul 2016 #12

That removes it from the original location. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #13

No it doesn't Cartoonist Jul 2016 #14

I've got you beat Cartoonist Jul 2016 #16

What ?!? Not so ! eppur_se_muova Aug 2016 #18

file system incompibable sassszin Aug 2016 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2017 #19