CS1: ICT CHAPTER THREE

Hard disk drives have become very large in recent years and are capable of holding millions of data files created by computer applications installed on the computer. As a result, a method of organizing these files is essential. Windows uses folders to achieve this. File management is about arranging your work on a computer in a way that makes is easy to use and accessible. While working with your computer programs, you create and save files, such as letters, drawings, or budgets in an organized way. You use folders to group related files, as with paper folders in a file cabinet. In this chapter you will learn how to use different types of storage media to store information following the structure of files, folders and directories.