Using Drupal for static HTML pages - I need a HOW-TO!

Hi all,
I have a simple series of static HTML pages. I would like to create a Drupal static HTML website, where I won't need the node system but simply need to set up a menu that points to static HTML pages. I have setup a menu and try to point the menu items to say "files/v10/slide01.html" but that doesn't work. How can this be done most simply?
I also need the main static HTML to show up when the Home page is requested. So instead of creating blocks and nodes with content, I simply need to point to the main HTML content page. How can I best do this?
I'll need to use Drupal's CMS capabilities later on, but for the moment this is what I have in mind. Any simple "how-to" example for just one page would help me in the right direction.
Many TIA,
Pieter

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