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Jim__

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4. Are you on windows? Do your old flash drives plug into a USB port?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 02:50 PM

Jan 7

If yes and yes, plug your flash drive into a USB port. Then open up the file explorer. It should show your USB drive and the files on that drive. You can drag and drop the files onto your hard disk. I would copy them rather than move them, so if something goes wrong you still have the file on your flash dirve.

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Can I tranfser what is on my old flash drives onto my general files on my desktop computer? [View all] CTyankee Jan 7 OP

Open up the files from the flash drive and save them to your computer. Ocelot II Jan 7 #1

OK, thanks...I'll have to look at them again...been a while and I didn't label them. They are in a ziplock bag... CTyankee Jan 7 #5

Yes claudette Jan 7 #2

sure, as long as they are still working Voltaire2 Jan 7 #3

Are you on windows? Do your old flash drives plug into a USB port? Jim__ Jan 7 #4

They are pretty old. Do they "go bad" after a period of time? CTyankee Jan 7 #6

They should be good. I usually just copy as a precaution. Jim__ Jan 7 #7

Yes you can canetoad Jan 7 #8

With my best and most supportive wishes, please give more information to the computer crazies here. usonian Jan 7 #9

My book producer will be here this pm. He created them but I don't remember which are which. I did a number of essays on CTyankee Jan 7 #10

Here is what I do. usonian Jan 7 #11

Thank you. CTyankee Jan 7 #12

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