1. Managing Files for Personal Computing Part 2 – File Management

2. Aims… …to set up and maintain an effective data storage system

3. Objectives… to select appropriate storage media to create folders to move and copy files to delete files and folders to retrieve files from the recycle bin to create a back up of the data

4. In part 1 we learnt about some common file types: click the mouse or press the space bar to continue

5. Microsoft Office Applications File sizes are more often measured in megabytes click the mouse or press the space bar to continue …and investigated how large, in memory terms, these files could be

6. Picture or Image files can range from a few hundred kilobytes to several megabytes click the mouse or press the space bar to continue

7. Music and Video file sizes vary, depending on which program has been used to create them, but can range from 3 – 5 megabytes for a Music file in.mp3 format to around 4 Gigabytes for a full length feature film click the mouse or press the space bar to continue

8. We also learnt about different media types we can use to store our files on… Hard Drive – Flash Drive CD – DVD – Tape click the mouse or press the space bar to continue

9. In this part of Managing Files for Personal Computing we will learn about creating an effective data storage system and how and why we need to create backups of important data. click the mouse or press the space bar to continue Part 2 – File Management

10. Why do we need a data storage system? click the mouse or press the space bar to continue

11. An effective data storage system....will help you classify, sort and organise your electronic data, making it easier for you to find, copy, move, delete and carry out those all important backups.

12. Why backup data? click the mouse or press the space bar to continue

13. Backing up data… This is one of the most important, yet also one of the most neglected areas of computing. Backing up your data should be at the top of your computer maintenance list. Without data backup, you are running the risk of losing your data.