Copying And Moving Files And Folders - Gateway Solo 9300 User Manual

Copying and moving files and folders

The basic skills you need to copy and move files are copying, cutting, and
pasting.
When you copy and paste a selection, you place a copy of the file you selected
on the Windows clipboard, which 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 selection, you remove the file from its folder and
place the file on the Windows clipboard. When you decide where you want
the file to go, you paste it there.
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 into more than one place, but as soon as you copy or
cut a file again, the old file is deleted from the clipboard.
To copy a file or folder to another folder:
1 Right-click the file or folder that you want to copy. A menu opens on
the desktop.
2 Select
Copy
3 Open the destination folder.
4 With the pointer inside the folder, right-click the mouse button.
5 Select
Paste.
To move a file or folder to another folder:
1 Right-click the file or folder that you want to move. A menu opens on
the desktop.
2 Select
Cut
3 Open the destination folder.
4 With the pointer inside the destination folder, right-click the mouse
button.
5 Select
Paste
is removed from its old location.
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from the menu.
A copy of the file or folder appears in the new location.
from the menu.
. The file or folder you moved appears in its new location and