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08/15/2008 08:16:23 PM · #51 |
I always open the two folders that I am dealing with(source and destination). Make each half the size of the screen so you can see both and then move files in small batches of 50 - 100 files. Use copy and paste like mentioned below.
Good luck...I am doing the same thing tomorrow morning. I picked up a 1TB mybook this week. |
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08/15/2008 08:36:14 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
should there be an icon on my desktop or am i copying onto the icon in the 'my computer' section? |
1) Click on 'My Computer' - you should see your new drive there as a new letter (I'm going to call it drive E: in these instructions, but it could be any letter, you'll recognise it because it'll be the one with 500Gb free)
2) Double-click drive E: to open it, and you'll see it's currently empty.
3) Now, go to whereever you store your photos/movies/music on your C: drive. Pick one folder to start with (say a folder full of holiday photos or whatever).
4) Right-click the folder, and select 'Copy'.
5) Go back to the window that contains your E:, right-click in the window, and select 'Paste'
6) Windows will now copy the contents of the folder from your C: drive to your E: drive
7) You should now see the new folder appearing in the E: drive.
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08/15/2008 11:32:55 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by JH:
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
should there be an icon on my desktop or am i copying onto the icon in the 'my computer' section? |
1) Click on 'My Computer' - you should see your new drive there as a new letter (I'm going to call it drive E: in these instructions, but it could be any letter, you'll recognise it because it'll be the one with 500Gb free)
2) Double-click drive E: to open it, and you'll see it's currently empty.
3) Now, go to whereever you store your photos/movies/music on your C: drive. Pick one folder to start with (say a folder full of holiday photos or whatever).
4) Right-click the folder, and select 'Copy'.
5) Go back to the window that contains your E:, right-click in the window, and select 'Paste'
6) Windows will now copy the contents of the folder from your C: drive to your E: drive
7) You should now see the new folder appearing in the E: drive. |
my E drive is my card reader. my external hard drive is the F drive. does that matter? oh, and the F drive folder is not empty, it has a bunch of stuff concerning the hard drive itself... am i relaly confused or something? egads |
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08/15/2008 11:45:03 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by treyvus:
320GB external harddrive --> $70 with free shipping |
BLESS YOU! I'm certainly going to get one. |
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08/16/2008 06:01:15 AM · #55 |
Originally posted by JDubsgirl:
my E drive is my card reader. my external hard drive is the F drive. does that matter? oh, and the F drive folder is not empty, it has a bunch of stuff concerning the hard drive itself... am i relaly confused or something? egads |
The drive letter assigned doesnt really matter, the stuff that is already on there is probably just a few utils etc, lets not go there just yet, leave them alone.
I take it you know how to create new folders? Maybe its a good idea to `get your house in order` and make a few folders to start with.. `Photos` `Music` `Films` `Porn`, that kind of thing. Then start moving your stuff across to these folders. Makes life easier in the long run, I love getting a new HDD, its kinda like a nice clean slate so you can get them files ordered.
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08/16/2008 10:04:29 AM · #56 |
Originally posted by JH:
I'll give CCleaner a mention. It's a piece of Windows freeware designed to delete all the temporary files and even cleans up the registry. I've found it to be invaluable when trying to resuscitate Windows PCs... |
I will second that, CCleaner is excellent and its free :-)
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