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What and where are the folders or directories on my computer?Free Computer Help By Mitz
Most computers have a main storage drive called C: drive. This is where all the main Folders (or directories) are stored. If you can imagine a big filing cabinet with folders in it, all named into sections, with the contents stored in them. In the real world a filing cabinet holds folders which holds papers, filed into sections. The same applies on a computer. The yellow folders you see on the computer are infact called folders and sometimes directories.
Inside these folders are more folders (sub-folders/sub-directories) storing more information. There are no rules to limit how many folders you have on your computer. CD's and DVD's can also have Folder systems as they also used for data storage and backup. If you copy a folder to a CD it will also copy all sub-folders that are contained within.
Here is a path to my pictures. C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\My Pictures Below is a screenshot of My Documents. Nice and neat. Find out how your folders should be organised.
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