Chapter 4: Windows Basics

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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