Using a flash drive
 

How do I transfer files from one computer to another? I'm clueless.:cputin:

you plug it in the back
 

of the computer into a usb connection there...

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/usb.jpg
then the computer
see's it and labels it f drive or g- drive
what ever drive ok
then you click on that drive and create a folder
right click the usb drive (window) for that menu
then you can drag and drop your files
to that folder

once your desired files are in the USB drive

you plug it into computer number #2

and do the reverse proceedure

make sure you safely unplug your usb device... sometimes you lose the data if you dont

and majority of the time, the files you want to transfer, when you have the flash drive plugged in, you can right click the file, go to 'send to' and it will say Removable Drive or whatever its called and youll be able to move things that way to, instead of trying to drag them :)

btw, how big is the flash drive?

How can you remove it wrong?

you need to "eject" or " unmount"the device either through "my computer" right click on the drive and click eject... or you will see a little usb device icon in your task bar. double click on that which will bring up your usb devices and eject it from there...The pc will tell you it is now safe to remove your hardware.

sometimes (not all times) it doesnt like just being yanked out. Especially in win98. And since you are transferring data that you want to keep..

I have on a few occasions lost all the data on the usb drive by just yanking it out. Or should i say the data didn't copy to the drive properly.

yeah computer drives don't like premature disconnection....

they think its quite rude.... and get pissed off at ya...

like shutting off your pc with the power button instead of
hitting start ..... shut off PC ...

and great point Mr Hunters....:btu:

Thanks everyone, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks again. Everything seems to working well. Tranfered some pics to the new puter, now I'm trying to transfer all my sons Itunes over. I wish I had that much music back in the day.

:kewl: