How to Transfer Files to a Flash Drive, Thumb Drive, or External HDD - Windows 11

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @NorthernVikingEveryday
    @NorthernVikingEveryday  2 года назад +7

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    • @larahopper
      @larahopper Год назад

      wow totally cool ! for once everything worked , thank you thank you THANK YOU SO MUCH ! i will subb and thumbs every video you make even if i dont watch thank you so much

  • @michaelpaul3481
    @michaelpaul3481 2 года назад +16

    I love how this guy loves to reply to the comments

  • @DeborahByrne-c5w
    @DeborahByrne-c5w Месяц назад +3

    Thank you for such concise, straight-forward instruction without waffling on with unnecessary chatter. Great!

  • @delud7610
    @delud7610 9 месяцев назад +3

    Very clear & simple to follow. Thanks very much!

  • @FixItCleanIt
    @FixItCleanIt 9 месяцев назад +1

    Saved me time. My dad has been bugging me to help him with this and I didn’t understand how. Thank you. 🙏

  • @cjanquart
    @cjanquart 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks, this helped since I'm new to Windows 11; I got the files on a flash drive but didn't know how to get them onto my new computer...the two window example was the clincher. Thanks again!

  • @LNlovesu
    @LNlovesu 8 месяцев назад +1

    your instruction is so clear and so easy to follow. I've watch so many and I'm like "what"? lol. So glad I came across your video. thank you for sharing.

  • @T.f07
    @T.f07 Месяц назад

    Thank you it was extremely useful especially last part about safely removing the derive

  • @KILLEDBYTIME
    @KILLEDBYTIME 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks for the help my mom took some private lessons via zoom and they’ve been recorded and stored on a google docs I was able to get all her lessons onto a thumb drive for her to look back at!

  • @rodneysmart9774
    @rodneysmart9774 9 дней назад

    THANK you! This was very heplful, very well produced.

  • @minerva5025
    @minerva5025 Год назад +6

    Hi Kenny , so happy to have found you thank you so much for sharing , in such a great clear and easy way to understand , just great .of course did subscribe to your channel

  • @debbiedebbie9473
    @debbiedebbie9473 Год назад +4

    Thank you for reminding us to use the SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE button. 👍✅😊

  • @hrbnft2353
    @hrbnft2353 Год назад +6

    Excellent video - thank you!

  • @beafrancinemagdaong4634
    @beafrancinemagdaong4634 2 месяца назад

    thankyou so so much, after so many videos i did it, this video helped me a lot you deserve a subscribe and like

  • @Blackdog4818
    @Blackdog4818 2 года назад +4

    Why when I copied my music file from my old Windows 7 computer (about 2,000 songs) to my new computer, when I loaded it on a large SSD 1 Trig drive, the file size was different. The original folder said "1,921 files", but on the SSD drive it said "888 files". Both folders have the identical songs, (that's all there is on the drive). What causes the files to be different on a straight out copy?

  • @paulmaybury5700
    @paulmaybury5700 2 года назад +3

    that vid on flash drive transfer very helpful as i am new to windows 11 thank you👍

  • @veikkokuronen4502
    @veikkokuronen4502 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this amazing tutorial

  • @sharonbarr9472
    @sharonbarr9472 Год назад +4

    Thank you! Very helpful!

  • @garrybrandonvideo3342
    @garrybrandonvideo3342 8 месяцев назад +9

    Why is doing this on a windows pc so long winded and complicated ? .... doing this on a mac takes seconds and is so user friendly.

  • @redheadshocktop
    @redheadshocktop 4 месяца назад

    This is very informative! Thank you!

  • @shopshop144
    @shopshop144 2 года назад +8

    I believe there is an important difference between 'transfer' and 'copy' functions. Copy is just that, you end up with a file in two locations, where transfer picks up and moves a file from one location to another.
    Windows 10 was SO much better!!!!!
    What I'd like to do is take a file that is in my downloads and transfer it to one of many existing files on my ext. hard drive, while not creating a new file there.
    Let's say the file I want to move is "roofing" and I want to move it to a file on my hard drive called "home improvements". On windows 10 easy as pie, I could do the transfer directly to "home improvements"; windows 11 as you describe the process just drops the 'roofing' file into the ext hard drive, then I need to locate it and drag it to the 'Home Improvements' file

    • @todhoward8029
      @todhoward8029 2 года назад +1

      How do I transfer my data???

    • @sues.1047
      @sues.1047 Год назад

      It does the same stupid thing with photos from One Drive.

  • @djladeda8828
    @djladeda8828 Год назад +2

    EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!! We need more teachers like you! Thanks

  • @lorayne33
    @lorayne33 2 года назад +4

    Ty so very much for your help!

  • @NataliaKing-ib8qn
    @NataliaKing-ib8qn Год назад +1

    KING🙌🏽

  • @sh.shanizasy.abdullah5163
    @sh.shanizasy.abdullah5163 Год назад +1

    Tqsm for sharing.👍👍👍

  • @sausageguy9447
    @sausageguy9447 Год назад

    I really needed this thank you!

  • @filsdupays1241
    @filsdupays1241 5 месяцев назад +1

    I LOVE YOU GUY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ❤❤❤👍

  • @Rulahdicc
    @Rulahdicc 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks bro 👍✌️

  • @ShtFa3
    @ShtFa3 2 года назад +2

    But how do you delete them from the pc too free up space and keep the one son the usb?

  • @Oso1092
    @Oso1092 Год назад +1

    Appreciate this video. Thank you

  • @zandor5657
    @zandor5657 Год назад

    thanks -------you have made this very clear for a beginner!

  • @randywilliams847
    @randywilliams847 Год назад +1

    Excellent video

  • @Vextec-zu8zl
    @Vextec-zu8zl 21 день назад

    I have a question, I’m moving photos from my iPhone to my laptop, but since I didn’t know how to set up the flash drive and stuff this video mentioned, I uploaded the pictures directly to my laptop via iCloud. Will deleting my photos on my phone erase them forever on everything? Or will the flash drive keep it all safe?

  • @annebrooks5940
    @annebrooks5940 Год назад

    Excellent video- I would like to see on also copying downloads to an external hard drive. I imagine it's the same way, but it would help seeing it. Nice!

  • @Itzz_towi
    @Itzz_towi 15 дней назад +1

    i can’t thank you so much i don’t really comment on videos but this helps so much🥹even recommend my family and classmates to your video thank you 🫶🏽

  • @gordhenry1684
    @gordhenry1684 Год назад

    Great video! Thanks very much. I want to transfer my files from my old computer which one is windows 10 to my new computer which is windows 11. What should I format the USB stick to?

    • @NorthernVikingEveryday
      @NorthernVikingEveryday  Год назад

      Probably fat32 or exfat. However, fat32 I believe has a four gigabyte file size limit if I'm not mistaken.

  • @auroradawn9804
    @auroradawn9804 4 месяца назад

    How to transfer photo and video folders from android to USB? Is it possible to transfer as a "file" as apposed to individual photos or videos ?

  • @Staceysmurf72
    @Staceysmurf72 2 месяца назад

    THANK YOU!!!!!! YOU ARE A GODSEND SIR❤❤❤❤❤

  • @HappyStorytimeAdventures
    @HappyStorytimeAdventures 2 месяца назад

    I'm having issues with my new external SSD, it's not a format issue but when I try to drag folders over from my desktop to that external SSD I get a warning that says there's not enough room on the SSD even though I know that there's a terabyte available, if I drag the files over inside of the folder one by one I'm able to transfer them over but if I try to drag the folder I get that same warning message, do you know why I might be getting this message?

  • @alitanicholas9579
    @alitanicholas9579 5 месяцев назад

    Do you have to open up two file boxes? What if you just want to move the files, not copy? Can't you just drag and drop them into your USB on the same screen?

  • @debbiedebbie9473
    @debbiedebbie9473 Год назад

    Thank you so much. I couldn't remember how to do it. ❤

  • @jonahtanesparza8367
    @jonahtanesparza8367 2 года назад +3

    thank you !!

  • @laraadey
    @laraadey Год назад

    Thanks for your help im just trying to learn more

  • @dustersinternational
    @dustersinternational Год назад +1

    Found this thank you

  • @tjmax-xs2mw
    @tjmax-xs2mw Год назад

    Thank you you really helped me. Can you please help with how do I see the pictures without having to click and open up in a whole nother window. Please help this is driving me crazy... And how do I stop it from keep going back... I'm just showing me icon and numbers have to continue clicking on it to actually see a picture and most of them are opening up in a second window some of them is not.. I don't know how to really explain it or what it's called so I'm having trouble looking it up.. if you already covered this topic can you please share the link or I can find it thank you for any assistance you can give me

    • @JJFlores197
      @JJFlores197 Год назад

      If you're on a Windows computer, you can hold the left Ctrl Key and use the scroll wheel on your mouse to make the items bigger. Eventually you should start to see previews of what the images contain.

  • @stevetran73
    @stevetran73 17 дней назад

    very helpful , thx

  • @Dr7pFNRBLX
    @Dr7pFNRBLX 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you

  • @davidpoo66
    @davidpoo66 Год назад

    Hi, sometimes my new laptop recognizes my new external ssd drive some not😮. Any suggestions? I use your channel the most, thx.

    • @NorthernVikingEveryday
      @NorthernVikingEveryday  Год назад

      That's a good question. I would try using the same port every time. If anyone else watching has some ideas, please comment below. If I think of anything else I'll let you know.

    • @davidpoo66
      @davidpoo66 Год назад

      @@NorthernVikingEveryday I tried the same port, then a different one. The computer recognized the SSD drive UNTIL I try to transfer videos to it. Again not until then it stops and blocks my transfer. Thx anyhow!

  • @fireblade425
    @fireblade425 Год назад

    Im trying to get off the dev insider view for windows 11 because its not allowing me to use some apps that i use a lot. Can you copy all of your files from the computer onto a flashdrive and then reinstall them after you completely reset the computer?

  • @MegaChuck51
    @MegaChuck51 Год назад

    I've have tried numerous times Windows 10 VLC to convert DVD Videos and send to USB THUMBDRIVE so I can watch my movies on various platforms. I've tried 4 different movies and they transfer fine to my laptop in files but when I send to thumbdrive, I don't get sound!! What's up?

  • @stephenthevhsdvdblu-raymed9346
    @stephenthevhsdvdblu-raymed9346 Год назад +1

    Usefull tutorial

  • @ShreckHarvey1
    @ShreckHarvey1 Год назад

    Would it be the same for games?

  • @KarenLuensman
    @KarenLuensman 10 месяцев назад

    How do I know which gigabytes should I use?

  • @DonnaMM6361
    @DonnaMM6361 Год назад

    I need help with Windows 10 on a laptop. I didn't know about OneDrive, and now move of the Laptop has been moved to the OneDrive, including the computer desktop.

  • @keeravan
    @keeravan Год назад

    can we do reverse...i.e. once booted via bootable drive insert one more usb and copy files from usb in to computer

    • @NorthernVikingEveryday
      @NorthernVikingEveryday  Год назад

      Yes, it works in reverse.

    • @keeravan
      @keeravan Год назад

      ​@@NorthernVikingEveryday but i have checked it is not happening ... i am able to copy from computer to additional usb drive but not in reverse order

    • @xAnAngelOfDeathx
      @xAnAngelOfDeathx Год назад

      @@keeravan Then you're doing something wrong. try again.

  • @davidpoo66
    @davidpoo66 Месяц назад

    Any idea if i copy and paste more than 1 file it won't transfer to my SSD folded it won't transfer? Thx!

    • @NorthernVikingEveryday
      @NorthernVikingEveryday  Месяц назад +1

      That's odd that you can't do more than one file at once. I don't have a fix for you but if I think of something I'll let you know.

  • @smarcy1136
    @smarcy1136 7 месяцев назад +1

    ty man

  • @eleanormartinez8274
    @eleanormartinez8274 Год назад

    Can I assume that this method also applies to downloading music files to USB flash drives?

    • @NorthernVikingEveryday
      @NorthernVikingEveryday  Год назад

      Yes, a music file would be copied in the same way if it's a file like an mp3.

  • @tereasabellew4392
    @tereasabellew4392 8 месяцев назад

    Is the process the same when transferring files from a Zip drive to a new computer?

  • @planet8gd
    @planet8gd 9 месяцев назад

    What would I do if I wanted to use it as just more storage space?

    • @JJFlores197
      @JJFlores197 7 месяцев назад

      Flash drives aren't intended to be used as permanent storage devices. You can try doing it, but if the flash drive fails, everything is lost. You're better off upgrading your computer's hard drive/SSD to a larger capacity drive.

    • @planet8gd
      @planet8gd 7 месяцев назад

      @@JJFlores197 yo, I figured this problem out a few days after this comment, but I appreciate the help anyway :) thank you

  • @ishitadas8173
    @ishitadas8173 Год назад

    Thank you❤

  • @robquonset
    @robquonset Год назад

    I lost my old laptop but have a backup of photos on a seagate drive. I want to put them on my new laptop. Is the process pretty much the same only in reverse?

  • @markdupont1080
    @markdupont1080 2 года назад +3

    Looking To Move No copy files! Need To Free Up Space!

    • @sues.1047
      @sues.1047 Год назад

      "Cut" with the Scissor symbol.

  • @carolmingus2754
    @carolmingus2754 11 месяцев назад

    thank you so mmuch

  • @sues.1047
    @sues.1047 Год назад

    My problem is copying files from Windows 11 to a flash drive that has existing files with the same file name. I like to use my flash drive as a "back up." However, when I copy files over from hard drive to USB -- if there is a file with that name already on the USB -- it does not give me the option like Windows 10 -- "Do you want to Replace or Skip?" I always want to replace because I have edited that file and it contains new information. However, what Windows 11 does is MAKE A COPY of the file and renames the file to "Name - copy." Now I have two files on my USB with the same name. The old file and File Name - Copy. This usually happens when I am doing bulk copying. How can I make Windows 11 ask me Do you want to Replace or Skip?

    • @sues.1047
      @sues.1047 Год назад

      @braddelany6234 Thank you. It now has been asking me, Replace or Skip. Not sure why it didn't previously. So it's working now.

  • @forbiddenshadowlands
    @forbiddenshadowlands 2 года назад +2

    Can i change the name of the USB drive

    • @NorthernVikingEveryday
      @NorthernVikingEveryday  2 года назад +1

      Yes you can change the name of your flash drive. Here is a video I made on the topic. ruclips.net/video/Gytuag-riy4/видео.html

  • @Anirudh_Nair
    @Anirudh_Nair Год назад

    After ejecting drive data will not be lost from drive?

  • @FunnyBarbecue54
    @FunnyBarbecue54 Год назад

    For me it says “This device is currently in use. Close any programs or windows that might be using the device, and then try again.” What do I do?

  • @HardestTargett
    @HardestTargett 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks bro

  • @universalshorts412
    @universalshorts412 Год назад

    Tryna export a video and it goes to my normal drive I’m tryna to have go to my usb c drive

    • @xAnAngelOfDeathx
      @xAnAngelOfDeathx Год назад

      C is usually the drive that windows is installed on, are you positive that the usb drive is labelled C?

    • @universalshorts412
      @universalshorts412 Год назад

      @@xAnAngelOfDeathx it’s labeled d

    • @xAnAngelOfDeathx
      @xAnAngelOfDeathx Год назад

      @@universalshorts412 Right click on your video file and from the menu that pops up choose "Send To" and then choose to send it to you D drive. Let me know if that works.

  • @jenniimiller5067
    @jenniimiller5067 8 месяцев назад

    Thankyou

  • @SpiritintheSky.
    @SpiritintheSky. Год назад

    Very nicely presented and explained. I still remain a technophobe!

  • @danielburton6221
    @danielburton6221 2 года назад +4

    Awsome

  • @janicejones2309
    @janicejones2309 6 месяцев назад

    Will this work on Windows 10?

  • @user-fr7pb
    @user-fr7pb Год назад

    so i have a 15th birthday party video 1hour 15 minutes long it’s 10.5 gb i have it in one usb and i need to transfer it to another usb. do i need something else to help the process the usb is 128 gb

    • @JJFlores197
      @JJFlores197 Год назад

      You need a computer as an intermediary. Just note that it can take a very long time to transfer the video file depending on how fast your PC is and how fast the source and destination drives are.

  • @AlbertRiccardo
    @AlbertRiccardo 8 дней назад

    I appreciate

  • @jaycublever7089
    @jaycublever7089 Год назад

    I actually started downloading everything directly to my portable drives from source, qnd this is the best way to do it, large files and folders that are planning to be transferred to an external drive should be planned to be completely independent from your windows drive. Pro word of advice, plan your downloads and file management beforehand so that you dont have to do this in the first place! It might work with a couple images or documents or what ever but try to make a backup of your OS onto a portable drive with out third party software and your computer and portable drive will be obsolete by the time everything is transfered, I mean through windows OS without thrid party help it would literally take years to back up your drive! Another pro tip, factory reset your windows computer and boot Linux! Windows is the laughing stock of the industry for anyone who actually knows about computers, delete Windows and install Linux now!

  • @RandomName1500
    @RandomName1500 2 года назад +2

    perfect now i can give my friend a usb stick with a fake virus on it for a prank😂😂😂

  • @samc.7997
    @samc.7997 Год назад

    How to do this if USB is disabled

  • @AnAverageBoss
    @AnAverageBoss 3 месяца назад

    For anybody using this for games, just uninstall the game and reinstall it to the hard drive. It is alot easier

  • @metaldreams3595
    @metaldreams3595 Год назад +1

    Wait, is this really a video about how to copy files

  • @Pie705
    @Pie705 6 месяцев назад

    Bro, I download five nights at Freddy’s in five nights at Freddy’s 2-d in Minecraft into my USB

  • @Golidddking
    @Golidddking Год назад +2

    I am stupid with computers

  • @mauriciobantuspirit3629
    @mauriciobantuspirit3629 12 дней назад

    I'M NOT A I.T. PERSON. THAT IS NOT EASY.
    MR GEEK .

  • @zero-Youtube2012
    @zero-Youtube2012 10 месяцев назад

    101

  • @jaycublever7089
    @jaycublever7089 Год назад

    Try to do that with a folder over a couple gigs and over 100 files inside and you will want to throw your windows computer out the window and sue Microsoft for emotional damages lol. This method is a joke if you are dealing with large files or folders so just be warned before you spend 17 hours watching a 2 gig folder transfer

  • @mewabedi5382
    @mewabedi5382 29 дней назад

    Hello, I have question about flash drive. I have two of them. I play them in the car. One I listen, stop the car, when I play it next time it start from the beginning. The second one starts from where I left, it won't go to beginning. what is the secret. do you have any idea?

    • @NorthernVikingEveryday
      @NorthernVikingEveryday  29 дней назад +1

      Have never heard of this problem... I'm not sure what it could be but if I think of something I'll let you know.

    • @mewabedi5382
      @mewabedi5382 29 дней назад

      It’s the music files

  • @withafewexceptions5156
    @withafewexceptions5156 8 месяцев назад +2

    GREAT tutorial!! Thank you very much.

  • @TurkeyBoy2010
    @TurkeyBoy2010 6 месяцев назад +1

    Ty this helped so much

  • @daphnegracie
    @daphnegracie 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you!

  • @Golidddking
    @Golidddking Год назад

    I am stupid with computers