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Chapter 2: Using Windows XP
10
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.
To create a folder:
1 Click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu.
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.
4 Click File, New, then click Folder. The new folder is created.
5 Type a name for the folder, then press E
NTER. The new folder name appears by
the folder icon.
For information about renaming folders, see “Shortcuts” on page 18.
Copying and moving files and folders
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.
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.
Folders
Files