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Major backup issues, now how to put restored files where they belong.
This backup was not a pleasant one. First, I spent time on the phone with the Western Digital guy setting up my My Passport Ultra and the WD backup. It successfully backed up all of my files, or so it indicated. And the Passport showed that it did indeed have the files. And then I immediately unplugged the Passport USB. Just to be safe, I also backed up to a 64gb flash drive...thank heavens
I then swapped out the 256bg solid state drive on my new pc that came with Win 7 Pro 32 bit with a new identical SSD that is a 64 bit OS. (This was a vendor-caused problem, necessitating the swap.) When I attempted to reload or restore all my files from the Passport, it now tells me that there are no files on the ext. hard drive, and its memory figures bear that out. Where they went, I have no idea.
Now is where I could use ya'll's help. Because I luckily saved the files to a flash drive also, I went ahead and restored the files to the new hard drive. The system put the files into a folder on the C drive labeled Users (right under Program Files). I can't tell if it created that Users file, or if it already existed. Anyway, in that Users file are three files. One with my computer name that looks like it came from the Passport, but all of the sub files (all titled correctly as in My Documents, My Music, etc) are empty. File Two is labeled Public, and the sub files there are all samples. FileThree is another file labeled User, and that is where all of my saved files are located, inc. My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, etc.
Now, how on earth do I get those files back where they belong, into the actual Library of files and the main categories of My Music, My Pictures, etc. ??? I started to try putting them individually on the desktop, but got warning signs about not being able to "share" those files. I'm concerned that if I experiment I'll cause further issues. Is there a correct way to put those files where they belong?