User manual ACER ASPIRE MC605

[. . . ] No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of ACER. Box 4010 Cupertino, CA 95015-4010 USA © 2000, 2003, 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. Hewlett-Packard is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company in the United States of America and other countries/regions. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. [. . . ] Place the disc in the tray with the label facing up for the side you want to play. 4 Close the disc tray by: · Gently pushing the tray into the PC. Or · Clicking the open/close button on the control panel for the program that controls the drive. Or · Pressing the media control open/close button or Eject button on the keyboard (select models only). Or · Pressing the Eject button on the drive, if it is accessible. To remove a CD or DVD: 1 With the PC turned on, open the disc tray by pressing the Eject button. 2 Holding on to the disc edges or center hole only, lift the CD or DVD out of the tray. 4 Close the disc tray by gently pushing the tray into the PC. 18 PC Basics Guide Using a Diskette (Floppy) Drive The diskette (floppy) drive is available on select model PCs. If your PC does not already have a diskette drive, you cannot add one to the PC chassis as an internal drive. Instead, purchase an external USB diskette drive or other external storage device to suit your needs. If your PC has a diskette drive (select models only), you can use a 3. 5-inch diskette (floppy disk) to store files: 1 Insert the diskette with the round metal disk facing down and the arrow on the top pointing into the drive. 2 Gently push the diskette into the drive until it locks in place. 3 You can copy files from or to the diskette. CAUTION: Removing a diskette when the drive is reading from or writing to the diskette can damage the diskette or the information stored on it. 4 When you are ready to remove the diskette, make sure that the light on the drive is off. 3 Click Appearance and Themes, if it is present. 5 On the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop. 6 Under Desktop cleanup, click Clean Desktop Now. 8 Click OK to close the Desktop Items window, and click OK again to close the Display Properties window. Retrieving Desktop Icons Retrieve a desktop icon by opening the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder on your desktop and dragging the icon onto the desktop. 22 PC Basics Guide Using the Start Menu Click the Start button to open the start menu and: · · · · · A Start button on the taskbar B Log Off button C Turn Off Computer button D All Programs Select programs or documents. Open the Control Panel to view or change settings. D A B C The Start menu also displays the buttons Log Off and Turn Off Computer: · Click the Log Off button to end your current PC session and to switch between users. · Click the Turn Off Computer button to turn off the PC or to restart it. Using the All Programs Menu To find the software programs on your PC: 1 Click Start. 2 Choose All Programs. Organizing Your All Programs List You see folders organized according to task (select models only) when you: 1 Click Start. Each item is actually a shortcut, or link, to a program, a document, or another folder. The Music folder, for example, contains shortcuts to the programs you use to play music CDs. Introducing the Software 23 To change the name of an item: 1 Right-click the item. 3 Type the new name, and press Enter on the keyboard. To move an item by using the drag-and-drop technique: 1 Left-click an item in All Programs or in a folder, and hold down the mouse button. 2 Move the mouse pointer to where you want the item, and then release the mouse button. [. . . ] 8 Click OK to close the window. 38 PC Basics Guide Consolidating Scattered Files and Folders Over time, as you add, move, and remove files and folders on your PC, the bits of data become scattered over the hard disk drive. This can slow down the performance of the PC. With the Disk Defragmenter program, you can gather these bits of data together. Gathering your files and folders with the Disk Defragmenter does not affect the way you have them organized on your PC. NOTE: Using the Disk Defragmenter to gather the data on your PC may take a long time to complete. [. . . ]