So here's what happened. I needed a file from my friend. He took my external HD and put the file I needed on it USING Ubuntu, then after plugging the hard drive back into my Vista computer, about 200GB of files are missing.

The thing is, they are still there though, because out of 250GB, I only have 30GB free.

I know for one thing though, it's not hidden, because it's set to show to hidden files.

So, my question is, where are my files? I only see about 10% of them.

The only weird thing I noticed is that I THINK the drive WENT from drive E to drive G.
Can you see the files on the Ubuntu computer?

Try this.
Copy the following code into Notepad:
Code: [Select]@echo off
cd
attrib
pause
Go to File --> SAVE As --> filename.bat
Press Enter.

Copy filename.bat to the root of the external hard drive and double click it.
A command prompt window should come up with a list of filenames.
Do any of them look familiar?I did a error check on WINDOWS and it fixed it for me. The drive letter is still different though.

now i'm curious as to why that happened...and WHAT happened.All right, as long as you GOT the files back.

It's possible something happened when the hard drive was unplugged, for example maybe it was still being used when it was unplugged, or it was unplugged safely.

Remember, always use Safely Remove Hardware when removing storage devices, especially hard drives.Ah, maybe that was it, but I'm pretty sure it was safely removed though.

Is there a way to change the drive letter to E? or whatever, without messing anything up.Have a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844