Working With Files And Folders; Viewing Drives - Gateway LT 1000 User Manual

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CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP

Working with files and folders

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

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.

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.

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To view the drives on your computer:

Click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu.

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Hard

drive

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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

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you double-click its icon, click Show the contents of this drive.

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