Weird Folder Problem (Directory Folder changed to Unix Excecutable file?)

I didn't know where to put this so mods, feel free to move this to the section it needs to be under.
I'm running Mavericks on an iMac and had an external HDD attached to my iMac. However, I wanted to reach the files on the ex-hdd from my other computers also, so I moved the external hdd and attached it to my time capsule instead.
All was OK for the first few days, but now I'm needing to edit some photos from the external hdd, and now one of the file directories has changed from a folder containing all my blogs' important files to a folder I cannot open, a unix expectable file?
That folder had all my backups and blog files in it, and is extremely important. I haven't changed any settings at all. I've had to create another folder to store new files, but I really need to access the files in that folder.
It's showing as 46MB so I'm hoping that my files are in there somehow, but is there anyway to access them and rescue?
Now who can coming running to this damsel in distress? Looks like the time has come for double backups on different locations.
Thanks in advance.
Lisa.

Loner T wrote:
1. I can see the image now. Do you have automatic OS X updates enabled?
2. I feel bad for "Dan" and his "crap" .
3. If you are comfortable with the OS X terminal, try
a. ls /Volumes
b. Find your ex-HDD in the list.
c. cd /Volumes/<YourExHDDName>
d. Find your BLOG.
e. ls -ld BLOG and post it's output. You can use Command+C/Command+V.
What you may be seeing is the vagaries of Spotlight indexing with the 2040 date? Check your system date as well.
1. On the iMac yes, but the ex-hdd is no longer connected to the iMac. It's connected to the TC and accessed over wifi.
2. He has his own Mac, but insists on storing his files on my drive, so I think it's worthy of such title.
3. I'm trying to this, but getting errors:
Lisas-MacBook-Pro:~ MacBookPro$ ls /Volumes
EX HDD Mac OS X Install ESD Macintosh HD
Lisas-MacBook-Pro:~ MacBookPro$ cd /Volumes/<EX HDD>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
Lisas-MacBook-Pro:~ MacBookPro$ cd /Volumes/<EXHDD>
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
Lisas-MacBook-Pro:~ MacBookPro$ cd /Volumes/ExHDD
-bash: cd: /Volumes/ExHDD: No such file or directory
Lisas-MacBook-Pro:~ MacBookPro$ cd /Volumes/EX HDD
Yet in get info, it's shown as '/Volumes/EX HDD'.
Loner T wrote:
1. Is the last modification date on the folder still 2040?
2. Do you have some scheduled activity that moves files to this directory?
3. If you host a website, do you sync files between this folder and some other source? If yes, what tools do you use?
1. Creation now shows as 1981! And modified still showing in 2040.
2. No.
3. No, mainly large resolution and web resolution photos. Database backups, file backups from the blog, my media kit, and generally just files relating to the blog. All of which are hugely important to me, too. If it had happened to any other folder on that drive, I wouldn't be too upset. Pfft!

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