Wd external hard drive shows on mac but doesnt show the files on the drive

Hello

I have a 500gb externam WD hard drive, it has been working up until this point.

When i plug it in, it starts up as normal, the icon shows up on the desktop, but when i open it, it doesn’t show up any of the files saved on the drive. When i used the get info button, it says theres 177gb worth of data on the drive.

Please note i use a MAC.

Please help me.

data is corrupted on the drive

try to repair the drive on disk utility

you will need to recover the data with a partition recovery utility

The files might also be hidden. If the files are corrupted, you can use the disk utility to repair the hard drive.