Creating Folders - eMachines T3104 - 256 MB RAM User Manual

CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP

Creating folders

Help and Support
For more information about the
Windows desktop, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the keyword
creating files and folders in the Search
box, then click the arrow.
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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.
Folders are much like the folders in a file cabinet. They can contain files and other
folders.
Files are much like paper documents—letters, spreadsheets, and pictures—that
you keep on your computer. In fact, all information on a computer is stored in
files.
Folders
Files
To create a folder:
Click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu.
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Double-click the drive where you want to put the new folder. Typically,
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Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is your diskette drive.
If you do not see the contents of the drive, click Show the contents of
this drive.
If you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click
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the existing folder. If you do not see the contents of the drive or folder,
click Show the contents of this drive or Show the contents of this
folder.
Click File, New, then click Folder. The new folder is created.
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Type a name for the folder, then press E
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by the folder icon.
For information about renaming folders, see
www.emachines.com
. The new folder name appears
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"Using shortcuts" on page 39.