column sort problem



I am using Windows Explorer with an external firewire/USB drive. When I click
on a column to change the sort order by name, date modified, etc, the sort
order is incorrect and double clicking will not reverse the sort order.
Curiously, the incorrect sort order is not completely random - it does some
sorting correctly but then jumps to a wrong date or wrong file size.

Any ideas ? Thanks in advance for your help.--

lam
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