Chapter 8. Managing Data

EVERY computer user has to work with files. Whether you’re downloading MP3 files from the Internet or sharing Word documents with a friend or colleague, you need to know several essential file-related tasks. You have to know how to copy, delete, move, and rename files. And you have to know which file management tools to use to perform these tasks.

The way you perform these tasks has changed a little bit in Windows Vista. With Vista, the idea of separate My Documents, My Music, and My Pictures folders has morphed into a single type of folder called an Explorer, similar to the Windows Explorer found in older versions of ...

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