Gateway 1450 specifications Creating folders, To create a folder

Working with files and folders

Creating folders

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:

1 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.

2 Double-click the drive where you want to put the new folder. Typically, 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.

3 If you want to create a new folder inside an existing folder, double-click 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.

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