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Copying and moving files and folders
Important
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 or folder into more than one place, but as soon as you copy or cut a different file or folder, the original file or folder is deleted from the clipboard.
Help and Support
For more information about copying files and folders or moving files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword copying files and folders or moving files and folders in the Search box, then click the arrow.
The skills you need to copy and move files are called copying, cutting, and pasting.
When you copy and paste a file or folder, you place a copy of the file or folder on the Windows clipboard, which temporarily 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 file or folder, you remove the file or folder from its original location and place the file or folder on the Windows clipboard. When you decide where you want the file or folder to go, you paste it there.
To copy a file or folder to another folder:1Locate the file or folder you want to copy. For more information, see “Viewing drives” on page 15 and “Searching for files” on page 20.
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3Click Copy on the
4Open the destination folder.
5With the pointer inside the destination folder,
6Click Paste. A copy of the file or folder appears in the new location.
To move a file or folder to another folder:1Locate the file or folder you want to move. For more information, see “Viewing drives” on page 15 and “Searching for files” on page 20.
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3Click Cut on the
4Open the destination folder.
5With the pointer inside the destination folder,
6Click Paste. The file or folder you moved appears in its new location and is removed from its old location.
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