How do you view the files on hard drive?

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#1

I have a portable WD hard drive. My computer recently stopped working so I want to view the files on the hard drive. There are countless zip files and I was wondering if there was some software or way to find files without haivng to completely restore from the hard drive to my new computer. Thanks

Ryan

#2

How were the files put on the portable drive? Many ZIP files sounds like Windows 7 backup. The contents of the files can be viewed, but it can be a tedious process.