PLEASE HELP!!

["louise kelliher" <loukelliher@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hiya, im wondering if you could help me, Im at my wits end and need to cover 
c programming before I start a foundation internet technology course in 
September. I have been trying for 2 weeks and cant get past the first page. 
Please could you tell me how to download gcc -v on a windows xp computer. I 
found a list but none of them said MinGW-1.1.tar.gz and now I think Ive 
downloaded the wrong one as it wont work, and also I dont know how to create 
a directory. Please help me. Thanks for your time. Louise Kelliher