Where are my music files???

I have an external hard drive with plenty of data on it. Today when i connected it i was unable to view/find any of my music files. Folders exist, but when i click on them, no music files are visible only .pdf / .jpg files with track titles and art for iTunes. I didn't delete any files from the HD. What happened to my music???
Thank you,
Peter

Try this:
1. Launch Terminal from your Utilities folder
2. Type this:
ls -al
That's UNIX speak for "list all the files in long form" and there is a space between the list command (ell ess) and the options for all and long. Type another space after the final ell
3. Grab a folder that ought to contain mp3 files and drop it into the Terminal window. The path to the folder will be automagically filled in
4. Press the Return key
Do you see the mp3 files listed? It should look something like this:
NoobiX:~ francine$ ls -al /Volumes/Data/Sounds/MP3s/2007
total 634616
drwxr-xr-x 64 francine staff 2176 Oct 31 23:35 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 36 francine staff 1224 Nov 1 18:09 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 francine staff 6148 Oct 31 23:35 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r--@ 1 francine staff 5027518 Jan 5 2007 All The Weary Mothers.mp3
-rw-r--r--@ 1 francine staff 5645184 Feb 20 2007 Barfly.mp3
and so on....
If you see the mp3s listed in the Terminal then they are still there. If they don't show up, well, they may indeed be gone.
Francine
Francine
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