GHS=Glider Pro House File (John Calhoun)
GHS=Lasertank High Scores
GHS=Tarshare File
GHS=Ghost Disk Image Span File (Symantec Corporation)
I don't expect any of those to be present on the old laptop hard disk.That should show your Windows and Users folders (if standard Vista).
What program did you use to make the backup to the external disk? If it wasn't a simple file copy, you might need to use the corresponding restore program to get the data back.
And how did you copy that back-up yourself. If you used drag and drop in Explorer, they should be where you dropped them.
Maybe it's best to go to that very helpful repair person and see if he can help with this also.
Kees

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