sorry i am a bit confused now.. when i plug the usb cradle in with the hard drive in it... two new drives appear, like this:
RECOVERY (G:) and
Local Disk (I:)
The (G:) drive shows 9 folders all of which are empty, and when i do properties on the drive it shows it as 10GB, when the drive is actually 250GB.
When i do properties on Local Disk (I:) it comes up as 0 GB.