Re: determining content of cd
- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:51:57 -0500
I'm just learning the geography after owning this computer for five years.
I figured it was about time and I'm enjoying the lessons. I hate relying on
the tech and his bills and "I'd rather do it myself"!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: determining content of cd
> I remember the DOS days, and to be honest, I didn't find it all that much
a
> hassle, though I never complain about Windows or anything. This is the
> spirit, the spirit of DOS, that you're invoking when you take pleasure in
> using the run command in the way you described. It's definitely cool, in
> case I didn't acknowledge that. I was just trying to present the basics
of
> the computer's geography, for reference.
>
> I have to confess that when I learned DOS in order to use my first
computer,
> twenty years ago, it wasn't as if it just came to me. I read every
> instruction manual that came with my equipment, plus at least one or two
> books, such as one I remember by Peter Norton, on DOS. But I was able to
> read print, then, so this wasn't the daunting task it would be no. So
I'm
> appreciative of every trick and every instruction we can furnish each
other.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re: determining content of cd
>
>
> > And speaking of navigating the computer... Do we all remember when we
had
> > to type a path to everything in the computer? As confusing as computers
> > can
> > seem today, there was a time when they were a lot more so. Jack
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: determining content of cd
> >
> >
> >>I understand, Jack. I just wanted to explain how to see how things are
> >> actually arranged on one's computer. It just makes me feel uneasy when
> >> people learn only discrete, short cut methods of performing tasks and
> >> navigating on their computers, because it leaves them with no sense of
> >> what's going on, how the computer's set up, and where things are. It's
> >> like
> >> traveling by teleportation without ever having driven across the
> >> landscape
> >> and learned a sense of the geographyand the road map. I just feel that
> >> addiction to short cut approaches is less convenient than it is
> >> potentially
> >> disempowering for blind computer users. As I think we agree, navigate
> >> the
> >> interface first, and then use shortcuts if you want to. I mean, that's
> >> how
> >> I feel, anyway.
> >>
> >> No problem, in other words. Happy Sunday.
> >> Daniel
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:19 AM
> >> Subject: Re: determining content of cd
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi Daniel,
> >>>
> >>> Just for the record, I do it the way that you do. I go to my
computer,
> >>> then
> >>> I find the drive, CD ROM, or whatever I'm looking for that way. I
just
> >>> wanted to help Judith find what she needed in as few steps as
possible.
> >>> I
> >>> seldom use the run dialogue box, unless I need a quick way to get to a
> >>> specific place, like the Jaws 6.0 ENU folder. But, I always use my
> >>> computer. Jack
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:56 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: determining content of cd
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> What is the USB player? Is it an auxiliary piece of equipment? As
> >>>> everyone
> >>>> that knows me already knows I'm not the list's biggest tecky!
Thanks,
> >>>> Judith
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:41 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: determining content of cd
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'd just like to suggest what would be the normal approach for most
> >>>> Windows
> >>>>> users, even if the Run command method appeals to some. It is good
to
> >>>>> know
> >>>>> the tools that are provided for conventional use in Windows.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> this is to use either My Computer or Windows Explorer, the standard
> >>>>> interfaces for navigating the contents of your computer. For
> >>>>> instance,
> >>>> when
> >>>>> I want to see what's on the flash drive mp3-type player I use for
both
> >>>> music
> >>>>> and audible.com books, I plug the player into the appropriate USB
port
> >>>>> on
> >>>>> the front of my computer. Then, in Windows Explorer, I arrow down
the
> >>>> tree
> >>>>> list of folders and drives from my C:\drive through a couple of
other
> >>>> things
> >>>>> to my E drive folder, which is also called the Removable Drive. And
> >>>>> then
> >>>> to
> >>>>> see what's on the player, I just tab over to the files list view and
> >>>>> arrow
> >>>>> up and down it, just as I do in any other drive or folder.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just offering this for the sake of context the suggestion may
provide.
> >>>> Not
> >>>>> arguing which way is better. That's about personal preference.
> >>>>> Daniel
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> > From: "Moti Azrad Musician & Piano-Tuner" <motia@xxxxxxx>
> >>>>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:25 AM
> >>>>> > Subject: Re: determining content of cd
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >> Judith,
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> You can simply put this cd in and press the start key+e to use
your
> >>>>> >> explorer. Then you use it as a tree-view by using the arrows,
right
> >>>> arrow
> >>>>> > to
> >>>>> >> open, left arrow, to close, down arrow to move to the next item,
> >>>>> >> etc.
> >>>>> >> I hope this helps you.
> >>>>> >> If you need more help, you can contact me directly.
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> Moti
> >>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> >> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> >> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 6:25 AM
> >>>>> >> Subject: determining content of cd
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> > After you record a document on CD how do you find out if what
you
> >>>> just
> >>>>> > did
> >>>>> >> > indeed showed up on the disc? Judith
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