why do I have empty folders on external hard drives with hexadecimal names

Hi Garydin, Please avoid duplicate thread please continue with old Thread. Thanks for your understanding. Best Regards,Mohammed Imtiyaz Ali

That link doesn't explain why. Garydin asked Why are they there? That would be helpful to know before deleting them. Please avoid linking to threads that don't answer the OP question.

Hi , I notice you have posted this issue before. In order to avoid confusion and keep track of issue, I recommend to keep working with the previous thread as link below: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/c1e622ad-cc7a-4c17-914d-80fb772d19ae/#c1e622ad-cc7a-4c17-914d-80fb772d19ae Regards, Vincent Wang TechNet Community Support