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Drives are like big file cabinets in which you store
files. Everything in the computer is stored in files; programs, letters,
pictures and movies. |
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To be more organized, you can create folders in your
file cabinet. Call them anything you want: private, games, Windows 98
programs, etc. |
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Often there are folders in these folders to even
organize your files better. You read a location according to how you would
open these “cabinets” and “folders” in it. For example
C:\private\legal papers\insurance summary |
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Think of the drives as cabinet drawers:
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Think of the directories as folders in those drawers:
Folders are also called directories.
Think of the files as documents in those folders:
Everything on your computer is stored in files:
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Graphics and pictures are files. |
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Shortcuts on your desktop are files. |
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Sounds are files. |
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The items on the Start Menu are files. |
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The top score listing in your action game is a file. |
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Your favorite book marked WebPages are separate files. |
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Yes, even the list with destinations in the SEND TO .. menu, when you
right click on a file, are just files in a certain destination. Do you
know where you can change this list or add you favorite program or drive
to it? |
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