You can create a list of all files with the folders they are in in Windows fairly easily.
Open a command window (Start|run| then type "cmd" and press enter)
Change to the drive you want to list. So, if you want to see files on your external drive type E: (or whatever letter your drive is assigned to) then press enter.
Type the following command:
dir /s /b>FileList.txt
That will create a file called FileList.txt that will contain the folders and names of all files. The output is not all that pretty but it sounds like you are just interested in a list which this will give you.