Upgraded hard drive and missing files

Hi,
I recently upgraded my HD (1TB Seagate) to an SSD (Crucial MX 100 512GB) on my mid-2010 C2D 2.4 white unibody macbook. Total disk space used has been around 300GB. I used time machine to backup the drive before switching the drives, and after installing the new drive (Crucial MX100), I am missing many files. Mostly .pdf, and office files. All of my photos and music seem to have transferred fine. I had to re-enter the product keys for office. Is there a way I can connect to the former drive w/ an enclosure and scan for files that are on that drive and not on the new one? I've had the drive installed for about a month, so I don't want to revert back to the last backup if I would lose the files I've created since then.
Thanks.

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