HP Pavilion d4000 PC Basics Guide - Page 35

Copying Files, Finding Files

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Copying Files Using My Computer: 1 Click Start on the taskbar and click My Computer. 2 Find the file you want to copy and select it by clicking the file. 3 Under File and Folder Tasks, click Copy this file. 4 In the Copy Items window, open the folder where you want to put the file copy. 5 Click Copy. Using Windows Explorer: 1 Right-click Start on the taskbar and click Explore. 2 Find the file you want to copy and select it by clicking the file. 3 Click the Edit menu and click Copy. 4 Find and open the folder where you want to put the file copy. 5 Click the Edit menu and click Paste. NOTE: You can also copy files by dragging and dropping them into a new location. Select an item in My Computer or in Windows Explorer and then press and hold the right-mouse button while moving the item to another folder. Release the mouse button and select Copy Here to place the item in the new location. Finding Files 1 Click Start on the taskbar and click Search. 2 Under what do you want to search for?, click All files and folders. 3 Under Search by any or all of the criteria below, type the name of the file or folder your want to find. NOTE: You can also search for files containing a specific word or phrase. 4 Click the Look in drop-down menu and select where you want to search. NOTE: If you don't select an area to search, the entire hard disk drive is searched. 5 Click Search. The results of your search appear in the Search Results window. Managing Files 29

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Managing Files
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Copying Files
Using My Computer:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar and click
My Computer
.
2
Find the file you want to copy and select it by clicking the file.
3
Under
File and Folder Tasks
, click
Copy
this file
.
4
In the Copy Items window, open the folder where you want to put the file copy.
5
Click
Copy
.
Using Windows Explorer:
1
Right-click
Start
on the taskbar and click
Explore
.
2
Find the file you want to copy and select it by clicking the file.
3
Click the
Edit
menu and click
Copy
.
4
Find and open the folder where you want to put the file copy.
5
Click the
Edit
menu and click
Paste
.
NOTE:
You can also copy files by dragging and dropping them into a new
location. Select an item in My Computer or in Windows Explorer and then press
and hold the right-mouse button while moving the item to another folder. Release
the mouse button and select
Copy Here
to place the item in the new location.
Finding Files
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar and click
Search
.
2
Under
what do you want to search for?
, click
All files and folders
.
3
Under
Search by any or all of the criteria below
, type the name of the file or
folder your want to find.
NOTE:
You can also search for files containing a specific word or phrase.
4
Click the
Look in
drop-down menu and select where you want to search.
NOTE
:
If you don’t select an area to search, the entire hard disk drive is
searched.
5
Click
Search
.
The results of your search appear in the Search Results window.