files disappear on external hard drives in Sierra

Upgraded to Sierra recently. I have 2 external hard drives, both Western Digital, 4 and 8gb. About every few days I'll open one up and there are no files, the bottom says 0 items. So I restart my iMac and all the files are back as normal and it's okay for a few days. I've even opened them up to see the list of files disappear in front of my eyes. Any ideas? Thank you

files disappear on external hard drives in Sierra
 
 
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