Rather than work on your Web pages while they are on a Web server, it's a good idea to create a workspace on a local hard drive or on your H: drive where you can perfect your pages offline before making them available on the Internet. For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll set up a workspace for your Web pages on your H: drive. The following instructions discuss how to create a new folder on H:. (Note: the following instructions are written for Windows NT. Windows versions 9x through 2000 are similar enough that you should be able to follow these instructions in those operating systems as well, but Mac and XP users will probably want to try this on a campus lab machine.)

1. Log onto your computer.
2. Find the My Computer icon (usually located in the upper left corner of the screen) on the Windows Desktop. Double click on it.
3. A My Computer window will appear showing all of the drives (networked and local) to which your computer is connected. Find and double click on your H: drive (note: this and the following screenshots may appear slightly different from what you'll see on your computer depending upon which version of the Windows operating system you are using):
   
   
4. A window showing the contents (folders and files) of your H: drive will appear. Click on File, New, and then Folder:
   
   
5. If you scroll down to the end of the list of items in your H: drive, you'll see that a folder named New Folder has been added. Use the right mouse button to click on the new folder, then use the left mouse button to click on the item Rename in the menu that appears:
   
   
6. You'll notice that the words New Folder become highlighted with a blinking curser to their right:
   
   
7. Type in a name for your folder (something like "My Site" or "Web Site," for example). Hit the "Enter" key and then exit your H: drive window.