1. Windows and File Management
Lesson 9
Computer Concepts BASICS

2. Files, folders, & disks are your key system resources
Windows provides 2 tools for browsing, accessing and managing these resources: My Computer & Windows Explorer

3. File Management
File Management: the process of organizing and keeping track of your files
Foundation of tools: files, folders, & disks
Files: Can include a wide range of objects.
Can be instructions for the computer to operate (executable files or program files)
Can be a text document you read (document file)
Can contain an image

4. File Management
Folders: a container used to store & organize your files.
Are stored on a disk & can also have subfolders
Disks: where files, folders, & subfolders are stored.
Can include floppy disks, hard disks, CDs, DVDs, Zip disks, PC Cards, and mobile storage devices (USB flash drives, memory cards or sticks)

5. The GUI for Windows XP
When you turn your computer on, a symbolic desktop is displayed. Icons represent folders, files, programs & other objects.
The Graphical User Interface allows you to click icons to execute commands

6. The Windows Desktop Taskbar: Displays all current “tasks” being used
Start Button: Allows access to My Computer & other programs/files
Icons

7. The My Computer Window
You start My Computer from the Start Menu on the Taskbar.
My Computer Window: contains 2 document folders: Shared Documents & a User Folder
Shared Documents: are available to other users on the network.
User Folder: Your personal folder on the network

8. The My Computer Window
My Computer Window has 2 types of icons: Disk drive icons & Folder icons
Disk drive icons: identify drives available on your system
Label:
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Toolbar
Address Bar
Disk Drives
Network Drive

9. The My Computer Window Common Terms:
Arrange in Groups: allows you to group files by detail, name, size, type, or date modified.
Thumbnails: files/folders displayed as a small image with name underneath
Tiles: files/folders displayed as a large icon
Icons: displayed as a small image
List: displays the contents of folder as a list with a very small icon to the left of the name
Details: contains all information related to the file (name, type, size, date modified)
Filmstrip: Pictures appear in a single row of thumbnail images

10. Managing Folders & Files
Use folders to organize all of your files
All files & folders must have a name
Make it easy to remember & have it relate to content
Filenames: can have up to 255 characters!
Also have 3-letter extensions
Extensions: identify the type of file
.doc for MS Word document; .xls for MS Excel; .ppt for MS PowerPoint

11. Managing Folders & Files
Creating folders:
File, New, Folder
Click Make A New Folder link in File & Folders Task Pane
Rt. Click in Window: New, Folder
Rename: Rt. Click, Rename
Deleting folders/files:
Rt. Click, Delete
Deleted Folders also delete any files inside of it
All deleted folders/files go to the Recycle Bin.
If Recycle Bin is emptied; it is permanently gone
If you want to restore file from RB, you can.

12. Copying & Moving Files Source: the file to be copied
Destination: the location where the copied or moved file will reside
Copying a file: allows you to create a duplicate of it in a different location. Original version stays in original location.
Moving a file: allows you to move a file/folder from its original location to a new location.

13. Expanding & Collapsing Drives & Folders
In Windows Explorer, the Folders Pane displays the folders on your computer in a hierarchy.
The Contents Pane displays the contents of the disk or folder selected in the Folders Pane
Folders Pane, Contents Pane, Folders

14. Getting Help & Support in Windows
Windows provides you with online assistance
Windows also provides The Help & Support feature to assist you with troubleshooting problems
To Access:
Start, Help & Support
Start, Control Panel, Help (Menu Bar), Help & Support