Dummy file on USB drive cannot be deleted.

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Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello.
I'm not sure I'm in the right category of the forum.

I transferred photos from my computer to a USB stick (copy-paste). But when I opened my USB today, I had a bad surprise: all the photos I saved the day before yesterday have disappeared and instead there are Dummy files of 0 KB (one in each folder). I can't delete them, it says: "unable to delete file: cannot read from the file or the diskette source."
However, the photos I copied last week are still there. Could I have picked up a virus in the meantime?
Thank you for your help.

1 answer

  1. Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 712
     
    Hello,

    Save the data.
    Format the key.

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    Please press any key to continue the disinfection...
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