Where is the directory for the hard drive?

Yesterday I bought my first Apple product since my iPod Touch (2nd generation) -- the new Mac Mini. Using Migration Assistant, I moved a huge amount of files from my Win 7 PC. The problem is I cannot find any of it. When I use Spotlight, I can find documents, but cannot find where each resides on the HD. My daughter is an avid Mac user and she was mystified when she didn't see the name of the computer in the upper righthand corner of the menu bar.
Any ideas where I can find the contents of the HD?

Hi, & a warm welcome to the forums & Macdom.
To get you started, I'd get Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
It will show you the path to files you search for.
Most Migrated files would be in your User's folder, & likely Documents within that.

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