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<p>Why not try making the micro:bit scroll your name?</p>
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<h2id="fs">File system</h2>
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<h2id="fs">Files and Modules</h2>
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<p>Use the file system to add or remove python modules, data logs and other file types
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from the micro:bit. Selecting the load button in the menu will bring up the files modal window.
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<p>When the micro:bit is flashed with MicroPython, it enables a simple file system to store files on device. Selecting the load button in the menu will bring up the files modal window.</p>
alt="modal dialogue for the file system interface"/></p>
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<p>When the micro:bit is flashed with MicroPython, it enables a simple file system to store and retrieve files from the device</p>
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<p>In addition to using MicroPython's <ahref="https://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/py-modindex.html">built-in-modules</a>, you can use the file system to include the external python modules in your program.</p>
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<p>You can drag and drop files or use the <strong>Add a file to the filesystem</strong> button to open the file dialogue.</p>
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<p>A status bar shows you the file types you have uploaded and how much free space you still have available.
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The file size shown is the space it consumes inside of the micro:bit filesystem, not the micro:bit drive.
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The file size shown is the space it consumes inside of the micro:bit file system,
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not the MICROBIT drive as this is <ahref="https://support.microbit.org/en/support/solutions/articles/19000067847-where-does-the-hex-file-go-when-i-transfer-it-to-the-micro-bit-">emulated storage</a>.
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The status bar is handily colour coded to indicate file types.</p>
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<p>The <strong>main.py</strong> file is your program, the python script from the <ahref="#text-window">text window</a>. It is pre-set in the status
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<p>As you add files, they will appear in a list underneath the status bar. The list indicates
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the filename, the file type (eg. <strong>py</strong> is a python script), the size of the file
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and also a button with the option to <strong>Remove</strong> the file if you have added it in error.</p>
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