Gateway 200STM, User Manual

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Working with files and folders
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To create a folder:
1
In Windows XP, click
Start
, then click
My Computer
on the Start menu.
- OR -
In Windows 2000, double-click the
My Computer
icon on the desktop.
2
Double-click the drive or folder, for example the
Local Disk (C:)
, where you
want to put the new folder.
The drive or folder window opens. If you do not see the contents of the
drive or folder, click
Show the contents of this drive
.
3
Click
File
,
New
, then click
Folder
. The new folder is created.
4
Type a name for the folder, then press E
NTER
. The new folder name
appears by the folder icon.
Copying and moving files and folders
The skills you need to copy and move files are called copying , cutting , and
pasting .
When you copy and paste a file or folder, you place a copy of the file or folder
on the Windows clipboard , which temporarily stores it. Then, when you decide
what folder you want the copy to go in (the destination folder), you paste it
there.
When you cut and paste a file or folder, you remove the file or folder from
its original location and place the file or folder on the Windows clipboard.
When you decide where you want the file or folder to go, you paste it there.
Important The clipboard stores whatever you cut or copy until you
cut or copy again. Then the clipboard contains the new
information only. Therefore, you can paste copies of a file
or folder into more than one place, but as soon as you copy
or cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is
deleted from the clipboard.