The D: Which is also known as the D-drive, usually refers to a CD or DVD drive.The C: Which is also known as the C-drive, usually refers to the hard disk drive (HDD).

For example, from Figure 3.2, you can see the following: The capital letters and colon indicate what type of disk it is. Figure 3.2: Different storage media on a computer Figure 3.2 shows an example of the different drives that can be found on a computer. Each drive will indicate the type of storage medium, for example, whether it is a hard disk, USB drive, CD, DVD, or so on. Data is stored on and retrieved from a disk drive. Figure 3.1: Folders used for file managementįolders are stored on a drive in a computer. In Windows, folders are used to organise files. This is to give you an idea of how file management looks on a computer. This folder contains sub-folders that are organised according to the name of the artist or group. In the same way, we can store files and folders on a computer.įigure 3.1 shows the This PC folder with the sub-folder Music. A filing cabinet is used to store paper files in cardboard folders. UNIT 3.1 Basic concepts of file managementįile management on a computer is similar to filing documents in a filing cabinet. Before you can start with this chapter, you must have worked through the chapter on how to use a computer.