Where is my System folder?

I just had a new hard drive installed, and then installed Leopard myself, and when I select the hard drive icon under DEVICES in the finder window, only 2 folders appear: "Developer" and "User". Where are my Applications, Library, and System folders?
Also, when I select the hard drive icon under SHARED in the finder window, it says I'm connected as a guest, and when I try to connect as a Register User, it keeps on saying I'm a guest. What am I doing wrong here?

Kaelin,
Why particularly are you looking at something called 'Devices' in the finder window? Normally the installed hard drives appear directly on the desktop in the top right and you just click on it to disclose it's contents amongst which should be the 'Applications' folder the system's 'Library' and the 'System' folder.
You can also see the HD (or at least should) by opening "Go">>cloear thye box>>type in / and click go. That shyould disclose the contents of the root directory which in may case hyolds; Mackintosh HD, Network, Time Machine Backups. One can then click on that HDE and so on.
Further why are you looking under 'Shared" in the finder? The user 'Shared". What precisely do you mean by saying you are connected as guest. Do you mean that is the user account you are logged into? Again do you mean that you try to logt on as as registered user or do you refer to an internet connection

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