Music mp3's vanished from USB

sweetgirl2015

I put some Christmas tracks using the mp3 format on a USB to play at parents house on Christmas day. 
But I put the USB key where I loaded the songs onto it on my computer at home in my parents computer and it says the USB key is empty. 
But if I put it back in my computer the tracks are still there. 
Whats going on? 

Neil_Jones

Look at the properties of the files on the pen drive.  If they're only 1/2Kb, they're not MP3 files and they're more likely to be shortcuts.

sweetgirl2015

Neil_Jones said:

Look at the properties of the files on the pen drive.  If they're only 1/2Kb, they're not MP3 files and they're more likely to be shortcuts.

Thanks for that, well I ripped them on there as 320kbps mp3's. I have done this many times before, but for some reason parents pc doesnt recognise them. 

jsmith9

You could right-click / properties / tools then check for errors on the USB drive. Then safely remove it.

halfamo

could it be lack of codecs on the parents PC?

jsmith9

Lack of codecs would not stop the files from showing up, even if they could not be played.

Although the OP does not say, I am assuming the two PCs are the same ie both windows or both apple... (or both Linux).

CoastingHatbox

The USB stick doesn't have a switch on it to put it into read only mode?
Do you have a third computer you can try the USB stick with?
Perhaps you can put the MP3s in One Drive or Google Drive etc. and download them at your parents house?

sweetgirl2015

jsmith9 said:

Lack of codecs would not stop the files from showing up, even if they could not be played.

Although the OP does not say, I am assuming the two PCs are the same ie both windows or both apple... (or both Linux).

Yeah both windows 10