File Management on Windows Computers

File Management is very important for every user to found the files stored in your computer. If they are not manage in an ordered way, you need lot of time to find them or you may never be able to find them again and your tme is wasted trying to find a particular file.

Why do files need to be managed?

Computer files stored in a computer need to be found. If they are not stored in an ordered, methodical way you may never be able to find them again.

For instance, you may create a folder called 2010, to store all your data for the year 2010. Within that folder you could create folders for each of your subjects, by subject codes.

Inside your subject folder, say CN3300 you could then create other folders such as Assignments and Notes.

You could then save your first assignment for CN3300, in the Assignment directory within the CN3300 directory (which is in 2010 directory).

You could save as One_AssignmentTitleName. Finding this file should then be relatively easy comparison to that if you not save  a file in proper manner.

 Another thing is that files need to be backed up. Diskettes, CD’s and even hard drives can become corrupted. It is also possible to delete important files by mistake - human errors occur frequently when a person's mind is upset or person is very tired or in hurry - leading to the loss of that important assignment. If only there was another copy on another disk...

File management on the GATCF computers is done using My Computer.

Open My Computer, by double clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop. You will see a list of devices available to your computer.

You will have access to save or read data from a removable USB stick, (H:) to save data to the Share Drive, (F:) to save or read data from a CD Rom or DVD, and your Homes drive will be shown as your logon ID. To see what is in these drives you can double click on the drive (E: F, or H :) and the contents of the drive should appear in the Contents Window to the right of the window. This will show all Folders and Files in the home drive. (I:\)

You can explore further by double clicking on each folder until you ether locate the file you are searching for or the location you wish to save your file in.