pepe63xnotuse Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I suppose, this is not really the place to ask but having had a quick Google, the "techy" advice 'sites got a bit deep, a bit too quickly!... My query is How do we go about copying files/photos etc that we have already saved onto our separate, standalone hard drive, onto another/backup hard drive? Can we just plug both (it and the "backup" hard drive) into our laptop and simply "copy" one to the other?.. Or *would it all need to be reloaded back on the laptop and then dragged/copied from there? (*Our aging laptop struggles a bit, hence why we move all of our photos, documents etc onto a separate hard drive..so I'm not sure how it'd take having everything being dumped back on to it? :-S ) Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randonneur Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Yes, just plug both external hard drives into the USB sockets on your laptop, click on my computer and pick the drive you want to copy from, select all, or as I do is just copy a few directories at a time, and then right click on the selected items and select copy then keeping you finger on the mouse drop them into your new drive, it will probably ask you if you want to copy or move, your empty drive should show up on the left hand side of the screen. The problem with selecting all is that it takes quite a time if you have a lot of files but if you are uncertain just copy them all at once. Have a look at this: support.wdc.com/KnowledgeBase/answer.aspx?ID=1198 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Thanks for that.. Yes, our existing Seagate Backup Plus(I think?) hard drive shows up tagged on the bottom of the "Computer" list on the left hand side..and I had assumed(hoped?) that any additional hard drive would just do likewise..and would be simply "copy-able" from :-D (At least we don't have to "reload" everything, and probably overwhelming our aging laptop when doing so).. Thanks again :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyishuk Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Copy and paste from one drive to another then erase original if required. Do not use MOVE , if there is a problem whilst moving, sometimes both the original and destination files can be corrupted. Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeco Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Hi Pepe63,The codriver is keen on photography so when we are out on the road the images soon mount up. Yesterday I finally saved all her images from our Italian holiday, some 2000 odd shots and most are excellent. She uses a iPad, an iPhone and a digital camera. I first save from each device to my PC then transfer each separate group to an external hard drive. I found on a couple of previous attempts trying to move all at once the transfer crashed. I assume due to the file size. I use the copy/paste option rather than click & drag so if there is a problem I still have the original file. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Thanks for these tips chaps... We do tend to keep our important photos organised into groups anyway ("Family" ,"Festivals", "Holidays" etc), so copy'n'pasting each grouping at a time would be what we'll try first.. Thanks :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave225 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 If the images/files are important to you, do 2 back ups iin separate locations. Hard drives can occasionally go wrong and sometimes the data is irrecoverable. If your laptop has USB3.0 connections then the transfer will be much faster than USB2.0. Also remember if you ever reload the operating system due to a problem, then all data on the hard drive (c drive) will be lost. Do not believe the Microsoft blurb that data is kept, it won't be. Back up everything first. especially any Outlook files foe e mails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Dave225 - 2016-09-14 12:25 PM If the images/files are important to you, do 2 back ups iin separate locations. Hard drives can occasionally go wrong and sometimes the data is irrecoverable. Yes, that's what we're going to do from now on... When we first got the Seagate hard drive, we thought "great, everything's covered.." but as time went on, and our aging laptop slowed and struggled even more, we found ourselves deleting stuff from it to help speed it , making the "back-up" the only copy! 8-) (..and as you say, there's nowt to stop that going haywire at anytime,anyway...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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