Lab Assignment 2
Working with Files and Folders
 
  1. If you have questions, ask the instructor or the lab attendant for assistance.  You will need five 31/2" HD diskettes for this assignment.
       
  2. Format five new diskettes as follow:
    1. place a new diskette in floppy drive A
    2. double-click My Computer icon to display the My Computer window
    3. right-click the 3½ Floppy (A:) icon to display the short-cut menu
    4. click the Format... option to display the Format window
    5. for Format type click on Full then click on the Start button
    6. after couple of minutes you will get a window displaying information about the format results.  Click on OK.
    7. remove the formatted diskette from the drive and place another new diskette, if any,  in the drive.
    8. repeat steps e thru g to format the remaining four diskettes.
    9. click on Close to close the Format window.
    10. label the five formatted diskettes as Windows 98, Word 2000, Excel 2000, PowerPoint 2000, and Access 2000.
         
  3. Place the Windows 98 diskette you just formatted in drive A then start Windows Explorer by selecting Explore from the Start shortcut menu. (Hint: right-click the Start button to display the short-cut menu)
       
  4. Create the following directory structure on drive A
         
    Note: replace JoeDoe with your name.

    Hint: to create a new folder double-click the folder under which you want to create the new folder and then click File/New/Folder.
            

  5. Print the directory structure you created in step 4 by following these steps:
    1. press the Print Screen button to copy an image of the desktop to the clipboard
    2. click Start/Programs/Accessories/WordPad to start WordPad
    3. click Edit/Paste to place the image of the desktop in WordPad
    4. click File/Print to print the image
         
  6. Use Copy and Paste to copy the following files to the A:\JoeDoe\Excel folder.
          C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\EXCEL_2000\Computer.wmf
          C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\EXCEL_2000\Currency.wmf
      
    Hint:  follow these steps:
    1. Open the C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\EXCEL_2000 folder then click on the Computer and Currency files while holding down the Ctrl key
    2. click Edit/Copy to copy the files to the clipboard.
    3. Open the A:\JoeDoe\Excel folder then click Edit/Paste to copy the files.
           
  7. Print an image showing the content of the A:\JoeDoe\Excel folder.  Hint: follow the instructions of step 5.
          
  8. Use Drag and Drop to copy the following files to the A:\JoeDoe\Word folder.
           C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\WORD_2000\Bike.jpg

    Hint:  follow these steps:
    1. Make sure that the  A:\JoeDoe\Word folder is in view.
    2. Open the C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\WORD_2000 folder and then while holding down the Ctrl key drag the Bike file over the A:\JoeDoe\Word folder.
        
  9. Print an image showing the content of the A:\JoeDoe\Word folder.  Hint: follow the instructions of step 5.
       
  10. Create the new folder CSIT101 underneath the JoeDoe directory as shown below.
     
    Note: replace JoeDoe with your name.

        

  11. Use Drag and Drop to move the Excel and Word folders underneath the CSIT101 folder as shown below.
         
    Note: replace JoeDoe with your name.

       

  12. Print an image of  the directory structure of step 11.
       
  13. Remove the Windows 98 diskette.
       
  14. Insert the Word 2000 diskette and then use Copy and Paste to copy the
        C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\WORD_2000
    folder to the diskette in drive A.  Remove the diskette after the copy is completed.
       
  15. Insert the Excel 2000 diskette and then use Copy and Paste to copy the
        C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\EXCEL_2000
    folder to the diskette in drive A.  Remove the diskette after the copy is completed.
       
  16. Insert the PowerPoint 2000 diskette and then use Copy and Paste to copy the
        C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\PowerPoint_2000
    folder to the diskette in drive A.  Remove the diskette after the copy is completed.
        
  17. Insert the Access 2000 diskette and then use Copy and Paste to copy the following files into drive A.
        C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\ACCESS_2000\AA.mdb
        C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\ACCESS_2000\Daria Spa.mdb
        C:\DatFiles\CSIT101\ACCESS_2000\Learning.mdb
        
  18. Turn all print outs to your instructor for grading.

  

Weight:  20 Points

Due date:  

 

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