Files are kept in folders or directories on hard drives, CD’s, DVD’s, floppies, and jump (flash) drives. Sometimes there is a need to make a copy or copies of a file or files. This may mean copying from a hard drive to a floppy or from a jump drive to hard drive, or from wherever else files may be loctaed that you want to copy them to. Even though it is an easy process, some people do have problems doing it. Let us take a look of some of the ways that one can use to copy files from one location to another.

To copy files from one place to another:

Using Windows Explorer:

1. Open Windows Explorer (right-click on the Start button and select Explore) .
2. Navigate to the location of the file you want to copy.
3. Right-click on the file and select Copy.
4. Navigate to the location where you want to copy the file to.
5. Right-click in the foler and select Paste.

Using DOS:

1. Click on the Start button and select Run.
2. Type cmd and click OK (or press the Enter key)
3. Navigate to the directory where the file you want to copy is located and copy it to its destination. See example below:

For example, if the file is located in a directory called “Test” on your ‘c:’ drive, at the command prompt type “c:\” then press Enter. This carry you to the root of the ‘c:’ drive. Then type “cd Test” and press Enter. This will open the “Test” directory. If the file in the “Test” directory is called “help.exe” and you want to copy it to a directory named “Live” on your ‘d:’ drive, type “copy help.exe d:\Live”. This will copy the file named “help.exe” to the “Live” directory. (Note that ‘c:’ should represent the directory letter where you are copying the file from while ‘d:’ should represent the directory letter where you are copying the file to.)