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Working with files and folders
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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 & Support
For more information about files and
folders, click Start , then click Help and
Support . Type the phrase 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 3½ Floppy (A:) for the diskette drive. You may
also have more drives such as a CD or DVD drive.
To view the drives on your computer:
■
Click Start , then click My Computer .
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 .
Disc drive
Hard drives
Diskette drive
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