Chapter 29. Managing Files and Folders
Your computer's hard disk has enough space on it to store thousands of pictures, songs, and other files. Having lots of stuff in your computer can be a good thing, but only if you can find what you're looking for when you need it. Therefore, keeping things organized so they're easy to find is an important basic skill that every computer user needs to learn.
Chapter 28 discussed drives, folders, and files in terms of what they are and why you need them. There you also learned how to use Explorer to navigate your system and get to things you need. It also talked about how you can save things in such a way that prevents you from losing them.
This chapter picks up where that one left off. Here I assume you've read and understood most of that chapter. Now you're ready to start reorganizing what you already have. That requires knowing how to select, move, and copy files. Here you'll also discover other important techniques, like how to rename, delete, and un-delete files. These basic skills are important to acquire if you ever intend to use your computer for anything beyond basic e-mail and Web browsing.
How to Select Icons
There will be many times where you want to perform some operation on many files. For example, let's say you want to copy a couple ...
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