In the operating system of any personal computer today, there are no less than two virtual or physical disks. The operation of switching from one of them to another is quite simple, but it is carried out in different ways in different applications. Most often, you have to move from disk to disk in the file manager programs, less often in the command line terminal interface.
Instructions
Step 1
Moving from one disk to another is very easy in the standard Windows file manager. The window of this application is divided into two vertical frames, one of which - on the left - contains a directory tree. It starts with the root folder, which is represented in this frame by the icon of the corresponding drive, indicating the letter and name assigned to it. To go to any disk, just left-click on its icon in this list. You can open another disk in a separate window - to do this, right-click its icon and select the line in the context menu that says “Open in a new window”.
Step 2
In the still quite common file managers with an interface from the heyday of the command line - for example, FAR, Norton Commander - the workspace is also divided into two vertical frames. Each of them can have a separate disk open, and the easiest way to switch from one to another is to use keyboard shortcuts. To switch to the disk open in the right frame, use the combination alt="Image" + F2, and in the opposite direction, use the combination alt="Image" + F1.
Step 3
When you enter the command line emulator, this application always opens in the folder of the user running it on the system drive. Going to any other drive here is also very easy - enter its letter, put a colon and press Enter on your keyboard. To move to the required folder of this medium, use the standard DOS-command for changing the directory - cd or chdir.
Step 4
In the latest versions of Windows, you can simplify the work with the command line, since instead of changing the disk with a dos command, you can use the option to start the emulator immediately in the desired folder of the desired disk. To do this, go to this folder in the "Explorer" and right-click it while holding down the Shift key. With this method of calling it, an additional item appears in the context menu - "Open command window". Select it, and the command line will start with the already executed commands to go to the desired disk and change the directory.
