Dave is an FBI agent working on a complex case involving many computers and several operating systems. He has learned that there is a specific person who has vital information on her computer the FBI needs to make their case. He manages to get into her office, but Dave only has ten minutes to download the information onto a diskette he just happens to have in his pocket. He has never used her computer before, but because he understands how operating system file management systems work, he feels confident he can get the information he needs in less than ten minutes.
He sits behind the computer and since it is already on he feels lucky, he won't have to wait for the computer to boot up. He moves the mouse to remove the screen saver and sees that this particular computer has a Windows 95 operating system. Although Dave has used MS-DOS and UNIX operating systems, he is glad that this computer has a Windows 95 operating system because he won't have to take the time to type commands.
The file he is looking for is called test information.txt. Dave knows by the extension that the file is a text file that was created by a word processor. The first thing he does is start Windows Explorer by clicking on the start button on the task bar at the bottom of the screen. This gives Dave a pull-up menu with several menu choices including programs. He clicks on programs and then chooses Windows Explorer. He then repeats this process to open Windows Explorer again. As soon as they are both open he places his diskette into drive a:. He then changes the focus of one window to a: drive. He moves his mouse to a blank place on the taskbar and clicks the right mouse button. He has some more choices, including Tile Horizontally which he clicks. The two windows then line up nicely on the screen.
Dave then takes a look at the window which is focused on c: drive. There are many directories and subdirectories, but Dave only has seven minutes left, so he doesn't have time to search every subdirectory for the file he wants. He clicks on the various menus to see what choices there are and he is in luck! In the Tools menu there is a command called Find. He clicks on this command and a dialog box appears. This dialog box gives Dave a place to type in the name of the file, along with a place to enter the drive where the file lives. He enters the name of the file and the location, then clicks on Find Now. He waits about one minute while the program looks for the file then it is located. Dave then uses the click and drag feature to click on the file icon and drag it to the a: drive window. He waits the few easeconds this procedure takes; closes both copies of Windows Explorer and removes his diskette. He leaves the office with two minutes to spare!