How to Copy Files from A CD or DVD to a USB Drive

please don't forget to like this video and if you haven't done so already click the subscribe button then click the bell and then click all every like and subscribe helps us make more great videos for you this guide shows you how to copy files from a cd or a dvd directly to a usb drive such as a flash drive or a hard drive so all you need to do is open any yellow folder that you can see if you haven't got a yellow folder then what you can do is you can click on the start button if you're using windows 10 click on this folder here and that will open you up a yellow folder then the next thing you need to do is click on this pc on the left there now if you don't have a split screen on the left hand side and this pc then go to view at the top there click on the little arrow just beside navigation pane and then click on navigation pane just below it and there you go you should then see this pc somewhere down the left-hand side here once you've seen that click on it and there we go you should see devices and drivers just down there if that isn't showing with anything below it then click on the little arrow just to the left of devices and drivers and there you go you should see your cd drive and at least your local disk so next thing we need to do is we need to put our cd or dvd in the drive it might take a few seconds for the disc to be registered there we go so as you can see mine says cd drive d pictures so make a note of whatever has just appeared on your screen then the next thing we need to do is we need to plug in our usb device whether it be a hard drive or a flash drive or a pen drive if whatever you want to call it plug it in now and there we go we just make a note of what's appeared so as you can see on mine usb drive e has appeared underneath my local disk c now this is very important that we make a note of this because we need to know where to send the files from our cd or dvd to so let's just go into the cd so let's just move our mouse over the cd drive click on the right mouse button and then click on open in a new window doesn't matter if you click the left or right there and these are all my files that i've got in the cd or dvd and i want to copy these like i say to my usb drive so all i do is i just highlight all these files here now i can do that just by dragging a box over the files by holding down the left mouse button on the mouse and then letting go or i can click on the first file or folder that i want to copy hold down the ctrl key which is the key that's on your keyboard it's the bottom row of keys the one nearest to the left and just keep that held down and just select the files that you want to copy and then let go of the ctrl key and then all we do is click on the right mouse button and then go down to send to and we find our usb drive as i remember mine that was called usb drive e in brackets now yours will probably be something completely different so i hope you made a note of it so move your mouse over whatever yours is and then left click once and then hopefully there you go it's now copying the files across to the usb drive now this bit might take a bit of time just depends on how many files you've got to go across and if there's not enough room then windows will tell you at this stage and you'll have to get a bigger drive so there you go i hope this guide helps thank you very much for watching if you like this video please don't forget to hit the like button if you haven't done so already please click the subscribe button to find out about new videos that i'm releasing and also if you think your friends or colleagues might benefit from this video don't forget to share it on your social media timelines thank you very much for watching you can follow me on twitter at cwtech that's at cwtech on twitter and don't forget to check out my other videos in my youtube channel just google chrisweight youtube and don't forget to like and subscribe to my youtube channel thank you for your support

Channel: Chris Waite

Views: 341,137

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Length: 4min 24sec (264 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 23 2021