Before I start, please dont link me to the mods faq.

Im trying to install a mod, I DL it to desktop.

Extract to morrowind data files.

I launch the game, check the data files.. but my mod isnt there?

where am I going wrong?

thanks

ah I figured it out.. my mod was in a 'data files' folder within the data files folder, am I right the esp files need to be in the same folder as the mesh, texture etc..?

is it not possible to keep them in a subfolder in the data files folder to keep it more organised?

sorry for my noobishness. I just recently got this game.

It would help to know which mod you are talking about. Give a specific example.
Not all mods can be directly extracted to the Data Files folder. It is usually recommended that you extract to a temporary directory, then manually copy the files from there to Data Files.
For example the .esm/.esp files go to Morrowind/Data Files, Meshes go in Morrowind/Data Files/Meshes, etc.