Deleting files in "My Computer"

[saturndude]

I'm trying to organize my photos before backing them up. My primary master is 160 GB:

20 GB NTFS, primary partition, XP Home (SP2) lives here

20 GB EXT3, primary partition, Mandriva 2006

~100 GB FAT32 (extended partition) for all data files except:

C:\documents and settings\mike contains Thunderbird e-mail messages

I only log in as Admin when necessary to install software (this is true for both OSes).

XP assigned letter "D" to the DVD / CD writer upon install, since the 100 GB FAT32 partition had not been created yet. This is fine with me and I have no problem with it.

When I examine E:\My Pictures (and child directories) under "My Computer", I have a great deal of trouble copying files (holding down <CTRL> and highlighting multiple files). Many times, multiple copies (and even copies of copies) are left in the source directory. This seems to be true whether I select "cut", "copy to folder" or "move to folder". It seems to happen whether I go into the "view" menu and choose to display "thumbnails", "icons", "list", "details" or whatever.

I could boot into Linux and use "Kuikshow" multiple-thumbnail photo viewer (why does everything in KDE have to be so "kute" with the "klever" spelling?) $DEITY I wish they would STOP IT NOW.

Anyway, I would really prefer to use Win XP's "My Computer" (which is the same as Windows Explorer, right?) to do this. It's a file manager, why can't I manage files with it?

The Win XP 6-inch by 8.25-inch "Start Here" booklet ("version 2002", "for dist. only w/new PC") has even less info than the "Getting Started" booklet (for dist. w/new PC only) that Win98 shipped with.

What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Edited January 10, 2007 by saturndude

[nitroshift]

Use WinCommander or better yet Total Commander.