Ok let me explain what I did again. I have 2 hard drives and an SSD
First I copied all the files/documents I needed on to one of my hard drives that still had Windows installed on it (I hardly ever used this HDD).
Then I installed Windows on my new SSD I purchased, and got that all up and ready.
At this point, all of my drives/SSD had windows installed and used up, so I decided to wipe the one that I backed up all my files for so I could use it purely as a storage drive, while my SSD acted as a boot drive.
So now I copied back all the essential files back onto this storage drive, and here I am now.
When I try to look up files on this storage drive (WINDOWS ISN'T INSTALLED ON HERE), it shows nothing and says "No items match your search".
I DID NOT wipe the SSD that I use to boot Windows with; that would just be foolish.
Now I am wondering why I can't find any of the files using search on my storage drive, even though they are clearly there.