From the Hard Drive to a Floppy Diskette or Pen Drive
To copy a Project folder from the Projects folder on the Hard Drive to a floppy diskette or Pen Drive follow these steps:
- Exit Visual Studio 2008 and insert your floppy diskette or pen drive
- Open the My Documents folder on the Start Menu.
- In the My Documents folder, double-click the Visual Studio 2008 folder to open it.
- Double-click on the Projects folder to open it. You should now be inside the Projects folder here:
\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects
- Locate your Project folder that you want to copy, then double-clicking on it.
- Inside your Project folder, delete the Obj and Bin foldersùthese folders are created automatically when you open a project. Note: For some advanced class projects you may need to keep the Bin folder.
- Hit the Backspace key onceùor click the Back button on the toolbar. This moves you from inside your Project folder to back inside Visual Studio 2008\Projects folder.
- Right-click on your Project folder and select: 31/2" Floppy A: or your Pen Drive on the Send To fly-out menu. This copies the Project folder to your floppy diskette or pen drive.
From a Floppy Diskette or Pen Drive to the Hard Drive
To copy a Project folder from a Floppy Diskette to your Solution on the Hard Drive, follow these steps:
- Insert the floppy diskette or pen drive that contains the Project folder you want to copy to the hard drive. Open My Computer on the desktop and double-click on the 3╜ Floppy (A:) or your Pen Drive icon to access its contents.
- Right-Click on the Project folder that you want to copy and select Copy on the context menu.
- Open the My Documents folder on the Start Menu.
- Inside the My Documents folder, double-click the Visual Studio 2008 folder to open it.
- Right-Click on the Projects folder there and select Paste on the context menu to paste a copy of your project folder from your floppy diskette or pen drive into the Projects folder.