Gateway M275X User Guide - Page 78

Chapter 4: Windows Basics 5 With the pointer inside the destination folder, right-click/button-tap. 6 Click/Tap Paste. The file or folder you moved appears in its new location and is removed from its old location. Help and Support For more information about copying files and folders or moving files and folders, click/tap Start, then click/tap Help and Support. Type the keyword copying files and folders or moving files and folders in the Search box , then click/tap the arrow. Deleting files and folders When you throw away paper files and folders, you take them from the file cabinet and put them in a trash can. Eventually the trash can is emptied. In Windows, you throw away files and folders by first moving them to the Windows trash can, called the Recycle Bin, where they remain until you decide to empty the bin. You can recover any file in the Recycle Bin as long as the bin has not been emptied. To delete files or folders: 1 In My Computer or Windows Explorer, click/tap the files or folders that you want to delete. For instructions on how to select multiple files and folders, see "Keyboard shortcuts" on page 78. If you cannot find the file you want to delete, see "Searching for files" on page 71. 2 Click/Tap File, then click/tap Delete. Windows moves the files and folders to the Recycle Bin. 68 www.gateway.com