Finding restored files

I have faithfully used a 500 gb hp simple save to back up my Pavilion dv6 laptop. I accomplished a full factory restore on the laptop and have attempted to restore the deleted files using the simple save. Evidently files were downloaded from the simple save because the computer C drive shows 175 gb in its memory. I can't find these downloaded files. The simple save icon is on the computer, but it leads me nowhere useful. I used the recommended restore pathway (C:\restore files). How can I find my files.
atillaed

attilaed wrote:
By the way, I don't know what a graphical interface is.
atillaed
No worries.
It is always good to hear of a problem being resolved.
Windows has a graphical user interface. It is what you see when you log into Windows. The visual graphic interfaceyou use to interact with the Backup program is a graphical user interface. Otherwise it would be a command line interface, like DOS and Linux and all other computer languages have.
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