T H E B E G I N N I N G
Some manufacturers still only supply their software on 3.5 inch floppy disks and these would of course have to use the floppy disk drive.
Guidance on using either the CD drive, or the floppy drive, is given in chapter 2 ‘The system drives’. The only thing you need to know is the name of the program on the disk that does the work. The software’s accompanying literature should tell you, but it is usually either ‘SETUP’ or ‘INSTALL’.
From the ‘start’ button in Windows select ‘run’ and then enter details in the box, first the drive letter, either D: or A: followed by the programme name.
EXAMPLES Software from CD and the name is ‘setup’ = d:setup or, from floppy, and the name is ‘install’ = A:install
Note
A ‘drive letter’ is always followed with a colon to tell the computer that it is a reference to a disk drive. Capitals do not always need be used.
Typical software you might install could be anything from Word Processing, Accounting, Publishing, Education plus of course, games.
Turning the power off
Before turning off the computer, run through the following simple checklist ;
∙Quit or exit from all the applications you are running, making sure to save any files you have altered or created. Unless you save it, information held in the computer’s memory will be lost when you turn off the computer.
∙Select ‘Shut Down’ from the Start menu in Windows. Windows will then tell you when it is safe to switch off. This procedure