I have finally bought a USB flash drive as Hard Drive backup. using Win XP, flash drive 8 GB.
I thought this would be easy, but how do I save stuff to it?
i did open a document and did the save as....but I did not see any source to send it to the flash..only to the hard drive???
I thought Win XP would automatically recognize the flash?
and if so...what is it called, where can I find it.... do I need to do a hardward install???
so the basic question...how do I save to the flash? !!!!!
Open Widows Explorer.
Click on My Computer.
All the drives are now listed.
The drive letter for your USB drive should be obvious but if not try removing drive and observe changes to drive descriptions.
Having located drive you can right click on it if you like and create folders within it.
Now when you 'save as' you can specify this particular drive letter and choose any folder within. Alternatively you can simply drag and drop from any other drive.
Insert it into the USB port in your computer. If you are running Windows XP the recognition process should be automatic. You will receive a balloon pop-up window at your system tray regarding this process. Do not use the drive until the balloon pop-up states "Your new hardware is installed and ready to use." Once installed, you will have a new assigned drive letter in Windows. A computer with many drives may have a mid-alphabet letter, such as I: or J:.
Open the File -> Save OR File -> Save As... to save a copy.
At the drop-down box at the top of the Save dialog, look for your new drive. It will most likely be titled Removable Disk X: (Where X is the letter mentioned earlier).
Hope this helps
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