CIS 101A - Lab 3                Name ___________________________

File Management - Using Windows Explorer

In the Computer Lab in the folder for my class, I have placed several files for you to organize. (The “Path” to these files will be O:/Nicole/CIS101A/Lab3) In this assignment you will use a floppy or a zip disk and create the folder/directory structure described below. Your grade for this lab will have 2 major parts 1) Can you create the correct folder structure and 2) can you get the files into the correct folders.

You have just been hired as the office manager of a small company. The person you replaced was not very computer savvy, he placed all his data files in one central directory and was not good at giving them names (he just remembered what was what). The company is expanding and you know that soon several people will need to use these files. Your task is to create a directory structure on the computer that follows the organization of the company which looks something like this:

Once created you will place all files for each department in a folder for that department. In addition each department is working on different projects. Any time you see a specific project mentioned you will create a subfolder in the department folder. The Sub Folder will be named with the project name and all files related to that project will be placed into the project folder.

You should find the following files in the lab3 folder:

When you have completed this assignment verify that the entire structure of folders and files are on your disk using Windows Explorer. Then label your disk as shown:

And turn your disk in to me to be graded.

For extra credit you can create a document using the application notepad.exe. Create a file called applications.txt, in this file tell me what application is used with each of the extensions on the files in this exercise. (The extensions are .doc .xls .mdb .ppt .txt)