Friday, July 8, 2011

File managing

There are many ways to manage important documents or files.  Im going to explain the purpose and benefits of using an external storage device to back up documents.

A USB drive is a external storage device that comes in many different sizes ranging from 512 megabytes to 16 gigabytes and getting bigger.  USB drives are good little tools to have, they store a whole load of data and they fit perfectly on your keys.  They simply work by grabbing your data file and transfering it over to the USB.

Step by step:

1- Inject your USB device.
2- Open the folder where the data file you want to put onto the USB drive is.
3- Right click the file you wish to transfer and scroll down to "Transfer to".
4- Pick on the USB device that will usualy say the brand name of the USB and which usb port it is into.
5- Wait for the transfer to complete.
6- To safely eject your device take your mouse to the bottem right of you screen then go to the icon that        represents that there is a external device plugged into your computer and double click, then click safely eject and your are safe to remove the device.  Doing this action will help prevent the loss or corruption of any transferred data.

For much larger storage unit you would be looking at a External Hard drive.  This is a more preferred option to use when dealing with larger files such as movies or large amounts of music.  The action is applied in the same way as with a USB drive when transferring data (as explained above).

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