1 / 10

Storage Media Creating, Renaming, and Deleting Folders

Storage Media Creating, Renaming, and Deleting Folders. Computer 1. Storage Media. Your computer’s OS also communicates with the various storage devices on a computer

lilka
Télécharger la présentation

Storage Media Creating, Renaming, and Deleting Folders

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Storage MediaCreating, Renaming, and Deleting Folders Computer 1

  2. 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 applications

  3. 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 disks

  4. 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.

  5. 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 camera

  6. 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 files

  7. Libraries Where can your personal library on the school computers be found? (AGAIN: YOU MUST KNOW THIS!) Answer: H:drive

  8. 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:drive

  9. 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!)

  10. 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!)

More Related