Windows 10: How do I locate my desktop files download, document, picture etc from my old laptop hardisk...

I recently removed my hardisk from my old laptop and placed it my new one. It's a about 16-17 years old and it been used since so many years. I got all the folders expect my desktop folders such as document, download ,picture etc. Searched in my local disk c in user, but only showing two folders. The storage is almost full in local disk c. How can I locate my old files

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Correct Directory Location For Pictures Folder

"Now Documents, Videos etc say file location is This PC. But Pictures file location is C:\Users\PeteyBoPetey\Pictures."

If we understand you correctly, the issue is that Pictures doesn't appear in the left panel under This PC. The correct location IS C:\Users\PeteyBoPetey\Pictures. This is only an issue of using Step 8 in the tutorial to add it back to the list. See if this screenshot is what you want to achieve- put Pictures folder back in list on L.

 

Correct location for Desktop, Documents, Downloads etc

There is no need to confuse things. Your user folder by default should at least contain the folders: Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, & Videos. Since windows 10 they added the OneDrive folder. The OneDrive folder contains the folders: Desktop, Documents, Music, & Pictures. However, you can add other folders to it. Microsoft decided they know best so they created the OneDrive folder. They moved the contents of certain folders to corresponding folders in OneDrive. The folders and their contents in the OneDrive folder are backed up to your Microsoft account's OneDrive cloud storage. If you never set up OneDrive on your computer the OneDrive folder might have folders in it but they will be empty. You can simply ignore it. However, if you ever set up OneDrive it will move files into the corresponding folders in it. If you decide to stop using it you have to carefully go through certain steps to keep from losing files in the OneDrive folder. One time I setup OneDrive on a computer but almost lost a bunch of files when I disabled it. I never use it anymore.

 

One drive syncing Documents, Pictures and Desktop automatically

To disabling OneDrive sync, do the following:

Note: Before proceeding, copy the files in those special folders to another folder or external drive. Please don’t copy them anywhere under Desktop/Documents/Pictures. This is because disabling OneDrive backup for a folder erases the local copies of the files. Copying them to a different location beforehand will ensure that you don’t need to download them again from the OneDrive cloud.

1. Right-click the OneDrive icon in the Notification area and click Settings.
   
2. Select the Backup tab, and click Manage Backup
   
3. In the Manage folder backup dialog, click on the Stop backup link under the special folder (Desktop, Documents, or Pictures)
   
4. Click Stop backup in the confirmation dialog that appears.
   
5. Repeat the step for each shell folder you want to revert to the original location.
   

See also: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...onedrive-d61a7930-a6fb-4b95-b28a-6552e77c3057