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Originally Posted by
2Quills http:///forum/thread/384789/computer-hard-drive/60#post_3372945
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I've got the external hard drive enclosure with the old hd in it and plugged into the laptop that currently has one of my other hard drives inside.
The external (bad drive) showes up as... local disk (F
I also see the partitioned portion of the drive that has the recovery data on it that shows up as...HP Recovery (G
I've browsed all of the files that show up on the bad drive (local disk F
, I can see all of my old software files, etc. But I don't see my documents, photos, or videos anywhere. Anyone know what's up with this?
Did you look under the 'Users' folder, or 'Documents and Settings' folder (can't remember which one it is under Vista). Usually there's subfolders called My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos under the Username that is logged in. You can also do a search for .mov files, .jpeg files, .mp3 files, etc.