CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com16Browsing for files and foldersHelp and SupportFor more information about browsingfor files and folders, click Start, thenclick Help and Support. Type thekeyword files and folders in theSearch box, then click the arrow.A file or folder that you need is rarely right on top of your Windows desktop. Itis usually on a drive inside a folder that may be inside yet another folder, and so on.Windows drives, folders, and files are organized in the same way as a real filecabinet in that they may have many levels (usually many more levels than a filecabinet, in fact). So you usually will have to search through levels of folders tofind the file or folder that you need. This is called browsing.To browse for a file:1 Click Start, then click M Y COMPUTER. The My Computer window opens.2 Double-click the drive or folder that you think contains the file or folder thatyou want to find. If you do not see the contents of a folder, click Show thecontents of this drive or Show the contents of this folder.3 Continue double-clicking folders and their subfolders until you find the fileor folder you want.
