Owner's Manual

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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 notebook may have
more than one drive. Each drive has a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive.
You may also have more drives such as a disc drive.
To view the drives, folders, and files on your notebook:
1 Click (Start), then click Computer.
Clicking the minimize button
reduces the active window to a
button on the taskbar. Clicking
the program button in the
taskbar opens the window
again.
Clicking the maximize button
expands the active window to
fit the entire notebook display.
Clicking the maximize button
again restores the window to
its former size.
Clicking the
close button closes
the active window or program.
Clicking an item on the menu bar starts an action such as Print
or Save.
Help
For more information about files and folders, click Start, then click Help
and Support. Type files and folders in the Search Help box, then press E
NTER.
Window item Description
Disc drive
Hard