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File Management—
Organisation of Data
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Learning Outcomes
Copying or Moving Files/Folders
Sorting Files/Folders
Searching for Files or Folders
Using Multiple Applications
Different File Formats
We have learnt that whatever we do on a computer, we are basically working with data. Whatever
we save on the computer, like documents, songs, images, presentations or excel sheets, all are
files. All the files that belong to the same category can be grouped or saved together in a folder.
Data on a computer can be arranged in the form of files or folders. This saves time and prevents
errors later on.
If you won't organise your data then your hard drive would be stuffed with downloads, unwanted
photos, file copies, and other stuff.
File Explorer helps us to organise and manage files and folders. In this chapter, we will learn
about copying and moving files from one device to another or one folder to another folder.
i + COPYING OR MOVING FILES/FOLDERS
Let us now learn how to copy/move file/folder from different location/device to another.
Copying from One Drive to Another Drive
The hard disk of a computer is
divided into smaller parts known
as partitions which make it easier 3 Click on File
for us to access files and folders. Explorer.
These partitions are called drives.
All these drives are usually
1 Click on Start 2 Type File
represented by different letters, button. Explorer here.
like C: Drive, D: Drive, F: Drive, H:
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