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The marshfarm ComputerTutor
Downloading Tutorial
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When the install is finished we are presented with the problem of what to do with the install or setup files and the original zip file. Since we have the zip file we don't need the install or setup files any more and they may safely be deleted. The zip file should be saved in case we need to re-install the program later. The best place to save your zip files is, if at all possible, anywhere but your C drive. If Windows becomes corrupted or some other circumstance requires you to format your C drive for a re-install you would have to download all of these files off the internet again. If it's small enough, you can put it on a 3.5" floppy. 100 or 250MB Zip Drives or similar removable media are great for this. I store mine on a secondary hard drive on a networked computer and then back that up to a Colorado Tape Drive. Re-writable CD-ROM drives are excellent as well. No matter how you do it, it requires some kind of organization. I have a folder named "1 A Progzips" with numerous subfolders:
As
you can see I have quite a lot of subfolders in "1 A Progzips".
I'm sure I'm storing over a hundred programs in there. Move your
downloaded zips and exe's into your
storage location via "drag and drop" or the
"send to"
context menu you see when you right click.
Now we've downloaded and put away. We've run the install or setup; but what if there is no install or setup? Some programs are so compact that the program itself – a single file, and maybe a "readme.txt" are all that comes tumbling out of the zip.........
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