Windows 8 Bible

Wrap-Up

This chapter covered some basic facts about how computers store information. It also covered some basic (and some not-so-basic) skills for navigating through your system to find things. Here’s a quick review:

• Everything that’s in your computer is stored on your hard disk, typically drive C.
• The Computer folder shows icons for all the disk drives in your system. To open that folder, click the Start button and choose Computer.
• A folder is a container in which files (and perhaps subfolders) are stored.
• Icons that represent folders usually look like little manila file folders. Double-click a folder’s icon to open the folder and see what’s inside.
• File Explorer (also called Explorer) is the program you use to navigate through and explore the contents of all the drives and folders in your system.
• Explorer’s ribbon bar, Address bar, Navigation pane, and main contents window are all tools for navigating through drives and folders in your system.
• When saving a file, always navigate to an appropriate folder and provide a meaningful filename before you click Save. Otherwise, it may be difficult to find the file later when you need it.
• You can create your own folders from the Organize button in Explorer or from the Save dialog box.
• To customize a folder, right-click its icon and choose Customize.