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Figure 3-2: Windows 8 provides every person with these same
four libraries, but it keeps everybody’s folders separate.
Peering into Your Drives,
Folders, and Libraries
Put on your hard hat to go spelunking among your
computer’s drives, folders, and libraries. You can use
this section as your guide.
Seeing the files on a disk drive
Like everything else in Windows 8, disk drives are
represented by buttons, or icons. The File Explorer
program also shows information stored in other
areas, such as the contents of connected MP3 play-
ers, digital cameras, or scanners. Opening an icon
usually lets you access the device’s contents and
move files back and forth, just as you would do with
any other folder in Windows 8.
When you double-click a hard drive icon in File
Explorer, Windows 8 promptly opens the drive to
show you the folders packed inside. But how should
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