# Request for computer advice. Odd problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 13, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591 "2017-08-13T23:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/41 "2017-08-15T00:13:28Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > No, not found elsewhere. > Oddly, I checked a file at random–it says 64K, 1 file, no folders. What does that mean? When you search for an image and find it, and you right-click on it and select “open file location,” what happens? Nothing opens? If the file is 64K, it could be that all you have is a thumbnail. And you never answered my other question. When you right-click on the image folder on the thumb drive, and choose “Properties,” what does it say? It should list the folder size (how much data is contained in that folder) as well as the number of files and folders contained. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/42 "2017-08-15T00:41:23Z")
Is it possible that the thumb drive is honked up somehow and the files got corrupted in the transfer? I would try just transferring a single image from the computer to the drive and see what happens with that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/43 "2017-08-15T21:30:17Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > When you search for the image, try right clicking on it in the search results. If there is an option like, “Show in containing folder,” select that. It opens to a file marked Patterns. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/44 "2017-08-15T21:31:17Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Is it possible that the thumb drive is honked up somehow and the files got corrupted in the transfer? I would try just transferring a single image from the computer to the drive and see what happens with that. There is nothing on the thumb drive now. I transferred, not copied. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/45 "2017-08-15T21:58:04Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > There is nothing on the thumb drive now. > I transferred, not copied. The information should actually still be there (assuming you haven’t overwritten the thumb drive), so even if you can’t find it on the computer, you should be able to recover it using recovery software. (Deleting files does not usually actually erase them until they are overwritten with new data.) But it sure as heck sounds like you have the files on the computer (or possibly cloud) somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/46 "2017-08-15T22:04:29Z")
Huzzah! I FOUND THEM! \*\* Joey P\*\* and **Mithras** –that contain folder showed me there was a weird kind of file-in-a-file! Securing them, by transfering them to the top level of the Library, where I have already verified they arte arriving! I’d take you all out for Pizza, but I don’t live in Chicago! ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/47 "2017-08-15T22:28:31Z")
That’s ok. I’ll settle for an ebeer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/48 "2017-08-15T23:42:54Z")
{ **Bosda** Does The Happy Dance} ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/49 "2017-08-16T10:15:44Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > **Joey P** and **Mithras** –that contain folder showed me there was a weird kind of file-in-a-file! Okay, that leads to wondering _how_ you backed them up? Drag and drop, or use some backup program? If a backup program, it could store everything in a single compressed archive. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/50 "2017-08-16T23:50:19Z")
Select, then Move to. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591/51 "2017-08-16T23:57:12Z")
From now on just copy and paste. Once you are satisfied the job was done then you can delete the files. That way you have two copies in case one failed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-computer-advice-odd-problem/793591.md?page=2)