# Plex List Files on Certain Drive **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [August 10, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-list-files-on-certain-drive/622399 "2020-08-10T19:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theguitarman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@theguitarman](https://forums.plex.tv/u/theguitarman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-list-files-on-certain-drive/622399/1 "2020-08-10T19:14:51Z")
Server Version#:1.19.5.3112-b23ab3896 Player Version#: I had a hard drive fail that I used to store Plex media and have not been able to recover the data. I am wondering if there is a way to see all of the files that were stored on this particular drive in Plex, so I can get an idea of what is missing. I assume Plex stores the results of it’s scans somewhere, so I could possibly look through those files if needed. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![nydave69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/fbc32d/32.png) [@nydave69](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nydave69)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-list-files-on-certain-drive/622399/2 "2020-08-10T19:40:34Z")
Well if you do not of this set… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/b/a/ba7ae5b15b38d2c5782d86d9f203359af8fa70f5.png) When Plex scans the drive it will show them as deleted… Not sure if that helps any… ---
**Author:** ![theguitarman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@theguitarman](https://forums.plex.tv/u/theguitarman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-list-files-on-certain-drive/622399/3 "2020-08-13T22:04:32Z")
Thank you. Are there no XML files or log files that I can search to find this? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-list-files-on-certain-drive/622399/4 "2020-08-13T22:26:58Z")
If you have not yet updated the Plex Media Server (or `empty trash automatically after every scan` is disabled as mentioned by nydave69) you should be able to use a plugin like [[REL] ExportTools](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rel-exporttools/175915) to extract that data. An alternative, more “raw” approach could be to look at the database backups created by Plex (if that scheduled task is enabled). You might be able to manually pull the information from the sqlite database. Just mentioning this for completeness… not sure that’s a recommendable way to go. ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-list-files-on-certain-drive/622399/5 "2020-08-13T23:30:01Z")
See: [Where to find list of deleted/cleaned up movies and tv shows](https://forums.plex.tv/t/where-to-find-list-of-deleted-cleaned-up-movies-and-tv-shows/337360) Above is faster than using ExportTools, since no info is extracted from the database besides the file name/path ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-list-files-on-certain-drive/622399/6 "2020-11-11T23:30:09Z")
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