Yes, you will be able to still see what's in there. The point is, to access the folder, Windows will "think ahead" so to speak and look what's in there. If there is, for example, a movie file in there that needs a codec you don't have, you'll get the errors or an explorer crash. You can usually...
The other thing to check for is you have the proper codecs installed for whatever movies are stored in that partition. For example, if you have divx movie in there and don't have the codecs, you would get similar errors. What happens is explorer is trying to tie the file to whatever codec it...
I just got my 2005FPW. Was sweating over the backlight issue for nothing. No backight issues at all, zero dead pixels. Couldn't be happier with it in fact.
Also, since this is my first post after joining, hello everyone, looking forward to bantering.
Sarge