Laptop Hard Drives

[Ernie]

I recently removed a hard drive from an older laptop - Windows 7 I think, and put it in an external case intending to use it for backups as I've done with hard drives in the past.

This time I can only find "My Music" and not "My documents" or "My pictures". Can anyone tell me where I can find these files?

[Neto]

I recently removed a hard drive from an older laptop - Windows 7 I think, and put it in an external case intending to use it for backups as I've done with hard drives in the past.

This time I can only find "My Music" and not "My documents" or "My pictures". Can anyone tell me where I can find these files?

Did it have a secondary drove installed? Often the user files are re-directed to the secondary drive (most commonly done when the primary drive is an SSD).

The actual location of your user files is usually (Windows default) at Users\{USER NAME}\. You might also set the File Explorer (Windows Explorer in Win 7) to show hidden files. (The folders you mention generally are NOT hidden, but it's possible.)