LiveType 1's Bundled Effects?

This is probably a no-brainer question, but for some reason I can't find any answers online. I have Final Cut Studio 1.5 installed and for hard drive clearance space, had to move all LiveType 1 media to an external hard drive about a year ago. Upon using LiveType this week for the first time since, I found that all LiveFonts, Objects, Textures and Effects were empty, so I deleted the media folder and reinstalled from the two media discs that were bundled with Final Cut Studio. Everything seems to be working fine now, but the Effects tab in the media browser is still empty and when I check the actual folder under Application Support, there is no Effects folder. Maybe my memory is shot, but I was almost certain LiveType 1 came bundled with different effects. Does LiveType 1 come with bundled effects?
PS, When I reinstalled the LiveType media, on the install screen, it mentioned nothing about effects. It seems unlikely that the program would come without effects, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys!

Zk,
It was only yesterday I reinstalled Media Disc 1 & 2 the second disc takes less time than the first, (well it did in my experience). However, I have found that some of the templates dont load correctly, e.g some parts of the animations are missing. Upon loading a template, LiveType will ask if I want to search for the missing element from that template but the file just simply wont exist in the directories. Since you have having a similar problem my guess is that there is a problem with the LiveType media installer.
Im in the middle of a project right now and making do without it but if I were you I'd try renistalling the LT Media Discs (both of them) again.
Sorry I could be any more informative but perhaps someone else will add to this with some more positive info?
good luck.

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