Troubleshooting guide

Lab Exercise: Introduction to the HPLC ChemStation

Windows Features (Windows 2000 or XP)

Optional Section

Mastering WINDOWS could take a week long class in itself. This section of the

laboratory is simply a brief familiarization of some of the important aspects

frequently utilized in conjunction with ChemStations. If you are already familiar

with Windows, skip this section.

Windows Explorer

The Windows Explorer is a powerful file manager. All files are stored in folders

(directories) on your hard disk. The Explorer allows you to copy, move, and print

entire folders and individual files.

1) To open the Windows Explorer, click on the Start button and select All

Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer. The program will load.

2) Take a look at the information displayed on the left. These are all the objects

found in your computer. If the object has a + sign next to the name, the

folder contains sub-items such as sub-folders (subdirectories) or files that are

not currently shown. Click on the + signs until you can open Chem32

(C:\Chem32). This opens the sublevels.

3) Click on the + sign next to the 1 folder. The data folder should now be

present. Similarly, open the Data and Demo folders. Click on the Demo item

itself not the + sign. Notice that the contents of the folder appear in the right

pane as a group of folders. The individual files in the Demo folder (directory)

are displayed after the sub-folders.

4) To copy files from the data folder to a floppy drive, simply click on the folder

or file which needs to be moved and drag it to the 3 1/2 Floppy (A:) item in

the left pane. Try this now with one of the displayed data files. Make sure

that you have a formatted disk in the drive.

NOTE: When you drag files between different drives they are copied, not moved.

An original copy remains on the source drive. When you drag files between

folders on the same drive, Windows assumes you want to move the files, not copy

them.

NOTE: To select multiple files, click on the first file to select it. Ctrl-Click on

any additional files. To select a group of consecutive files, click on the first file to

select it. Then, use a Shift-Click on the last item to be selected.