External HDD data disappearing randomly in Finder
Hello
I don't know if this is a unique issue or not, but over the past week or so, the data from my external hard disks randomly disappears from my Finder window. I use WD HDDs, and this happened with one and then with a second drive.
The data still exists on the drive, as shown by the Finder window, however the folder and file structure disappears and hence cannot be accessed. The only way to access the data is to disconnect and then reconnect the drive. However this is now happening every few hours and is not practical to reconnect each time.
I have tried scanning the drives, I even formatted them, re-installed Catalina on the iMac to check if it is a MacOS bug, but the issue persists. Both the drives are around 4-5 years old. There are other drives connected to the iMac but no such issues in them.
Has anyone else faced a similar issue? Is there a solution? Or is this a case of a dying hard disk?
(this is regarding my 2017 27in iMac)
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
