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File Management−
Organisation of Data
Chapter
02
Your Aim
to learn about:
Copying Files/Folders from One Drive to Another Drive
Moving Files/Folders from One Drive to Another Drive
Copying Files/Folders from One Device to Another Device
Copying Files or Folders from a Pen Drive to a Computer
Sorting of Files/Folders Searching of Files or Folders
Using Multiple Applications Different File Formats
We have learnt that whatever we do on a computer, we are working with data. Whatever we save
on the computer, like documents, songs, images, presentations or excel sheets, are all called
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.
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.
COPYING FILES/FOLDERS FROM ONE DRIVE TO
ANOTHER DRIVE
Copy files and folders from one drive
2 Scroll down and
to another on a computer. This is an click on File Explorer.
important skill because it helps you
organise your data and make backups.
A drive is like a storage box inside your
computer where all your files and folders
are kept. The hard disk of a computer
is divided into smaller parts known as
partitions which make it easier for us to 1 Click on Start button.
access files and folders. These partitions
are called drives. All these drives are usually represented by different letters, like C: Drive, D:
Drive, F: Drive, H: Drive and so on. A computer hard disk is found inside the CPU box. When we
copy a file or folder, the original file or folder remains at the original location and a duplicate of
it is created to a new location.
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