I have just rechecked. The layouts folder is located on the webserver itsself under the path:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\TEMPLATE
So, if you deployed your site on a different server you have to import the contents from there by hand to the new server.
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