Creating Renaming and Deleting Folders Computer 1 Storage Media Your computers OS also communicates with the various storage devices on a computer Storage devices are essential for preserving anything you have written taken a picture of or created using your favorite applications ID: 535255
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Storage MediaCreating, Renaming, and Deleting Folders
Computer 1Slide2
Storage Media
Your computer’s OS also communicates with the various storage devices on a computer
Storage devices are essential for preserving anything you have written, taken a picture of, or created using your favorite applicationsSlide3
Types of Storage Media
Hard drives
: These are often referred to as the Local Disk C: ; this is typically what you save to at home
Compact discs for CD-RW or DVD RW
: The RW stands for read/writable
USB flash or thumb drives
: small, portable storage media that have replaced floppy disks & zip drives; these often appear on your PC as
removable disksSlide4
Types of Storage Media
Online
: You can also save online or
in the cloud
(examples: Google Docs,
Dropbox
)
Where do we go to find the types of storage media available on our computer?
You
must
be able to find this and do this on your own.Slide5
Files & Folders
Applications create
files
A
file
is a collection of saved information or
data
A file containing data can be just about anything
A report created in MS Word or WordPad
A Web or Facebook page created online
A spreadsheet created in MS Excel
A photo snapped with a digital cameraSlide6
Libraries
Libraries
are used to organize your most popular files
Your personal library will contain a number of
folders
Folders
are storing places; they are containers for all types of filesSlide7
Libraries
Where can your personal library on the school computers be found? (AGAIN: YOU
MUST
KNOW THIS!)
Answer: H:driveSlide8
Creating, Saving, and Storing Files
There are 2 types of folders: personal library folders, and
subfolders
Subfolders
are folders inside of folders
Practice: Let’s practice making
FOLDERS
, subfolders, naming, renaming & deleting folders in our H:driveSlide9
Opening, Renaming, and Saving Data Files
Managing both files and folders are similar…you use the same commands for both
Practice: Let’s practice
saving, renaming and deleting
FILES
from our H:drive & folders
(YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN!)Slide10
Copying & Moving Files/Folders
Both folders and files can be easily moved with a right-click of your mouse or by simply dragging and dropping to its new location
Practice: Let’s practice
copying and moving some folders and files
(YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN!)