Working with files and folders, Viewing drives – Gateway 450 User Manual

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Chapter 4: Windows Basics

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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

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, DVD, or recordable drive.

To view the drives on your computer:

In Windows XP, click

Start

, then click

My Computer

on the Start menu.

- OR -

In Windows 2000, double-click the

My Computer

icon on the desktop.

Drives

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