I agree with Deb here; all a possibility! Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deb Trevino Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:59 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Ghost files
Maybe a desktio.ini file? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Ramage" <[email protected]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:41 AM Subject: Ghost files > Hi folks. Here's a conundrum for you, well, it is for me. > > > > I'll try and explain as clearly as I can but it isn't a problem, just a > curiosity. I am ripping about 3,000 CDs and I've done around 850 so far. > Now the method I use is 1. I rip the disc and then when ripped I back it > up > 3 times. So, I will copy all the discs I rip to external drive 1. Then > I'll copy the same files to external drive 2. finally I will move the > discs > I've ripped to external drive 3. I did a property check of the stuff > I've > ripped so far and was told that the files in external drive 3 was 13,999. > External drive 1 and 2 said there were 13,994 files in each drive, 5 files > less than external drive 3. The Properties for all 3 drives gave the same > number for folders. I then by a process of elimination discovered the > folder that had the problem. The folder Carol Kidd has one album in it > called "All My Tomorrows." When I open this folder there are 11 tracks in > there, as there should be. However if I do a property check of the folder > it says there are 16 files in the folder. There shouldn't be 16 tracks, > only 11. I thought these files might be hidden files and to find out what > they were I went to tools and I instructed the computer to show hidden > files > but when I went to the album folder, there were still only 11 tracks but a > property checked still showed 16 files. Does anybody have an idea of why > this should be and what are those extra 5 files? Walter. > > > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
