Can't access files!!!

While moving files over to my external hard drive I accidently turned off the hard drive. the files have moved over but I can't get to them. The computer has now changed the name of the external hard drive by adding a '1' after the original name.
Please help

Since "moving" files between drives means you are copying them, are the files still in their original location? If so, you should delete the files at the new location and copy them again.
But before you do that, run Disk Utility and use +Repair Disk+ on the external drive to check for disk directory damage.

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