Gateway LT 1000, User Manual

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CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com
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Working with files and folders
You can organize your files and programs to suit your preferences much like you
would store information in a file cabinet. You can store these files in folders and
copy, move, and delete the information just as you would reorganize and throw
away information in a file cabinet.
Viewing drives
Help and Support
For more information about files and
folders, click Start, then click Help and
Support. Type the keyword
files and
folders
in the Search box, then click the
arrow.
Drives are like file cabinets because they hold files and folders. A computer almost
always has more than one drive. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:)
for the hard drive and DVD (D:) for the optical drive. You may also have more
drives such as a memory card reader.
To view the drives on your computer:
■
Click Start , then click My Computer on the Start menu.
To see the files and folders on a drive:
■
Double-click the drive icon. If you do not see the contents of a drive after
you double-click its icon, click
Show the contents of this drive .
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