Exploring the Internet

91.113-031Instructor: Patrick Krolak

Topic: Introduction to Your Computer

Tonight

• Introduction to Windows XP

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Introduction to the Computer

1. Computer Basics

2. Modern Computer Storage devices

3. Printers and other output

4. Setting Up your computer’s Security

A video tutorial of Windows XP features

• The next slide is a half hour video tutorial designed to show you all the features of the Windows XP home O/S.

• It is a worthwhile review unless you are totally familiar with the latest features.

Windows XP Home

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Storage Devices

One of the major advances in laptop and desktop computers is the variety and the availability of cheap, large, and fast storage devices. It is not usual today to see 40-200 GB storage drives. This in turn allows the generation of large digital images, flash animation, mp3 and mp4 music and videos. It has created much more interesting web sites, created new markets e.g. iPODs, and imaging and video editing software.

What is a storage device?

Storage devices

What is a File?

What is a directory?

• A directory of the major storage devices Note that this window indicates that the computer has the following storage devices:

• 3 1/2 floppy disk (A:), See that the lab1 directory is located on this drive,

• hard drive (C:), • zip disk-- Removable Disk (D:), • CD-ROM -- Jpfd (E:) • Clicking on any of these storage devices

icons would expose their directories (folders). If we click lab1 which is shown as the only sub directory of the A: drive, we would expose its contents of files and sub directories.

• By Clicking the Folder icon with the up arrow we go up in the directory tree one level.

How Big is the Storage Device?

Steps Comments

  The My Computer contains information about the storage device, Control panels, Printers, etc.

Note  clicking the storage device icon once turns the icon blue•clicking a second time uncovers the directory of the storage device.•Further clicking exposes the sub directories and its files..

Note the icons for a digital camera and photo printers. These are storage for digital photos. This computer also has a dial-up

modem directory and a network card.

 Click the My Computer icon:

 

How Big is the Storage Device (more)

1. Click the C: Drive once (it turns blue) 2. Click [File]/Properties and the

following information dialog box appears:

Note the diagram gives the size of the C: drive and the available free space.

If the selected icon is a directory or file this step will give the size and other information about its creation and other parameters.

How Do I Find a File?

Printers and imaging devices