If you 'If you want to copy files to a USB key under Windows 10, perhaps to save them or transfer them toanother computer, this is easily done using File Explorer. Here's how to do it.
First, locate the USB drive on your PC
Before we can copy files, we need to make sure that the flash drive is connected and ready to receive data. First, plug your USB drive into a USB port on your Windows 10 PC. Give your PC one minute to recognize the drive and automatically install all the necessary drivers. (These instructions will also work for other external storage devices, including SD cards and USB hard drives.)
Next, open t In the Start menu, type "This PC and press Enter . This is a direct shortcut to a list of drives connected to your PC in File Explorer.
In the window that appears, locate the section called “Devices and Drives. If necessary, click the small carat arrow to the left of the section header to display a list of drives.
If your USB drive has been properly recognized and is ready to receive files, it will appear in this location with a name and drive letter assigned to it, such as "D :," E: or "F: , or another letter.that the "C: " drive is almost always your PC's primary drive, unless you try your best to change it.
Depending on the configuration of File Explorer (see "Layout " under the "View" menu), the style of the icons in this window may appear different on your machine. But the reader should still be there.
If the USB drive does not appear in your " Devices and drives "list, you will need to perform extensive research to figure out what's going on.
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Find the files you want to copy
While keeping the USB drive window open, press Ctrl + N to open a new File Explorer window . Use the new window to locate the files you want to copy.
After locating the files, go back to the "This PC" window and double-click on the USB drive icon for it. open. You should now have two windows.very open side by side.
What happens next depends on how you want to copy the files. There are several ways to do this.re, but here are the two most common methods.
How to copy files by drag & drop
Using the mouse cursor, select the file (or files) you would like to copy, then click and hold the mouse button to drag the files to the USB drive window.
When an icon representing the file (s) appears above in the destination window, release the mouse button and the files will be copied to that location.
In the future, you can also drag files directly to the USB flash drive icon in " This PC for them. copy to this location
How to copy files using copy and paste
You can also copy files in Windows using press papers . Using the mouse cursor, select the file (s) you want to copy, and then right-click the selection. In the menu that appears, select "Copy ".
Place the Your mouse cursor over a section of blank space in the USB thumb drive window and right-click again. From the menu that appears, select "Paste ".
The files you" copied to the Clipboard previously will be copied to the USB stick.
Congratulations: your files are now on the USB drive. You can unplug it if you want. It is a good idea to "Safely remove (or eject) the drive before doing so .
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What to do if you are running Espaceinsufficient space on the USB stick
If you copy files to your USB stick and you receive a message like "There is not enough space " or "There is no There is not enough free disk space to complete the operation, then you have run out of free space on your flash drive.
There are three basic solutions. The first is to explore the contents of your USB drive and see if it already contains data that you can delete to free up space. Be sure not to delete anything except you haven't already backed up elsewhere.
The second solution is to purchase a larger USB drive. They are available from online shopping sites such as Amazon.com and even in many drugstores and grocery stores. Larger capacity USB drives usually cost more, but they can be if you need to transfer or save a large amount of data.
And if you are transferring files to another machine, the thirdsolution is to divide the transfer job into pieces. Copy some files to the drive first, then copy them to the new machine. After that delete the previously copied files from the USB drive and repeat with the next batch of files until you are done. Good luck!
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