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It's A Digital Disease!

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/chalked_stove on 2024-07-11 10:59:09.

So I've got an old HDD which was running Win98 (possibly win95 even). I noticed that when I hooked it up to a SATA/USB to check what was on it, there was only some files and folders that would have been under My Documents (or something, I forget.). It was a super old PC obviously and I did not have many files on it, like images and documents - but I used it to browse the web, and I remember I had ICQ on it and stuff.

However, I cant seem to access anything else? Or to put it this way, the only files showing up are my personal files. I dont remember doing anything to this disk other than just putting it away when the PC was too old.

Normally, on other HDDS (winxp ++) I would see folders like Windows, Programs, etc. The whole ordeal.

I guess it's not impossible that I just literally deleted every single folders except those files, but that sounds kinda odd?

Is there any way to easily "run" the disk without having to set up an entire PC? Or any other way to check if there are folders that wont show through the USB?

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