Gateway LT 1000 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Maintaining Your computer www.gateway.com62Transferring filesYou can manually transfer your personal data files by copying them to removablemedia, such as a diskette, writable CD or DVD, USB flash drive, or Zip disk, orby using a home network. For more information, see “Wireless networking” onpage 36.Finding your filesHelp and SupportFor more information about finding filesin Windows XP, click Start, then clickHelp and Support. Type the keywordsearching for files in the Search box,then click the arrow.Many programs automatically save your personal data files in the My Documentsfolder. Look in your old computer’s My Documents folder for personal data files.Use Windows Find or Search to locate other personal data files. For moreinformation, see “To find files using Find or Search:” on page 63, or “Searchingfor files” on page 17.To find files in the My Documents folder:1 In Windows XP, click Start, then click My Documents. The My Documentswindow opens and displays many of your saved personal data files. Go toStep 4.- OR -In Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows 2000, double-click theMy Computer icon on the desktop. Go to the next step.2 Double-click the C:\ drive icon.3 Double-click the My Documents folder. The My Documents window opensand displays many of your saved personal data files.4 Copy your personal data files to removable media or to another computeron your network.You can often identify different data file types by looking at the file’s extension(the part of the file name following the last period). For example, a document filemight have a .DOC extension and a spreadsheet file might have an .XLS extension.File type File usually ends in...Documents .DOC, .TXT, .RTF, .HTM, .HTML, .DOTSpreadsheets .XLS, .XLT, .TXTPictures .JPG, .BMP, .GIF, .PDF, .PCT, .TIF, .PNG,.EPSMovies .MPEG, .MPG, .AVI, .GIF, .MOVSound and Music .WAV, .CDA, .MP3, .MID, .MIDI, .WMA