I know you plug ina USB drive in front of tower but after that how do I download a file on it for transfer and then after that how do I upload it to another machine...thanks..also I am new to this stuff...can anyone recommend a good website where I can learn how to do such things....
2006-08-09 04:00:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
This is very basic stuff, so it'll be easy to do.
If you have a windows 98 computer, you'll need to install the drivers for your thumb drive...so you need to read the documentation.
If it's an XP computer, all you need to do is plug in the thumb drive and it will automatically install.
Then, you need to go to my computer, and then double-click the icon of the thumb drive.
Then, all you have to do is "drag and drop"- that is, clicking the file you want to copy, holding the left mouse button, moving the file over the window of the thumb drive, and then letting go of the left mouse button. That way, your files are automatically copied onto the thumb drive. You could also use the "Copy," "Cut," and "Paste" commands.
Then, to transfer your copied files onto another computer, first "eject" your thumb drive, and then remove it from your computer. Insert the thumb drvie into another computer where you want to copy your files onto, and then "drag-and-drop" your files, just as you did last time. (But this time, you need to drag-and-drop from the thumb drive to the hard disk of your computer).
Good Luck!!! (P.S.- if you need more help, please send me an e-mail)
2006-08-09 04:05:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are running Win XP on your machine it will usually find and install the needed drivers for you. If that is done you can click on the "My Computer" icon and you will see your USB drive listed as a new drive. You can then drag and drop files that you would like on your new drive. When you want to put them on another machine you just drag them off the drive and into the folder of your choice on the new computer. Hope this helps. :)
2006-08-09 11:10:59 · answer #2 · answered by amccrae5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your desktop or start menu and open "My Computer." There should be a list of items, and each item should have a name and a capital letter in parenthesis. For example, there is probably an item called "Local Disk (C:)". If your USB drive is working correctly, there should also be an item for your drive. Double click your drive icon, then drag-and-drop files into the drive. You should also be able to right-click files in your drive to delete them.
2006-08-09 11:11:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you plug in a USB drive, the computer will recognize it as another drive and assign a letter to it. You copy files to it by copying the files to the assigned drive letter.
2006-08-09 11:07:09 · answer #4 · answered by ijcoffin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open "my computer" and you should see the drive u plugged in then all u need to do is drag what what u want to save to that drive, then when you plug it into another system open "my computer agian and locate the drive, open it and drag the files to the desktop or folder on the second system
2006-08-09 11:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by salute222000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋