PSE 8 - View items copied to an external drive?

I have copied - not moved photos (JPG) to an external drive. Does PSE 8 have a facility like Microsoft Explorer where clicking on 'My Computer', selecting external drive (Drive E) and then viewing and working on the relevant folder containing the copied PSE 8 items (jpgs)?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks. Shoopa

You need to import the contents of the folder on the external hard disk drive.
File à Get Photos and Videos à From Files & Folders
Navigate to the folder where you copied your jpegs then press Ctrl+A to select all and click the get media button.
Once you have one folder from the external hdd being managed by elements it will be possible to click on the plus symbol corresponding to the hdd drive letter to expand the tree in folder location view. You can then right click on any other folder and choose “Add Unmanaged Files to Catalog”

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