Zip files are compressed archives containing documents, images, folders, basically any type of files on your computer. We create them to save space and make them more practical for sending via email or file sharing services.
Virtual Hard Disk or VHD acts like a normal hard drive built into your computer. Cool thing is, it comes in a form of a single file so you can make a copy of it and virtually attach it to any other Windows computer.
If you can't copy files that are bigger than 2 or 4 GB, usually HD movies and such, on to your USB key, it's usually due to the file system the USB key is formatted to.
If on your Windows 7 computer opening programs, saving documents, browsing the Internet and other every day tasks are getting slower, this is how you speed up things without installing an additional program.
Some installations or settings changes require you to restart your computer. In most cases you don't need to actually reboot it, you only need to restart the explorer.exe process.
Windows Explorer does not have menu displayed by default like you were used to in previous versions. To activate and keep it permanently visible follow this tutorial.