How to Transfer Files to a Flash Drive, Thumb Drive, or External HDD - Windows 11

Are you wondering how to transfer files to a flash drive on a Windows 11 Computer? In this tutorial, I will show you how to copy files from your computer onto a flash drive, thumb drive, or an external hard drive. This process is quite simple and you will have all of your photos, documents, and files transferred in a few simple steps.

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[michaelpaul]

I love how this guy loves to reply to the comments

[KILLEDBYTIME]

Thanks for the help my mom took some private lessons via zoom and they’ve been recorded and stored on a google docs I was able to get all her lessons onto a thumb drive for her to look back at!

[delud]

Very clear & simple to follow. Thanks very much!

[FixItCleanIt]

Saved me time. My dad has been bugging me to help him with this and I didn’t understand how. Thank you. 🙏

[shopshop]

I believe there is an important difference between 'transfer' and 'copy' functions. Copy is just that, you end up with a file in two locations, where transfer picks up and moves a file from one location to another.
Windows 10 was SO much
What I'd like to do is take a file that is in my downloads and transfer it to one of many existing files on my ext. hard drive, while not creating a new file there.
Let's say the file I want to move is "roofing" and I want to move it to a file on my hard drive called "home improvements". On windows 10 easy as pie, I could do the transfer directly to "home improvements"; windows 11 as you describe the process just drops the 'roofing' file into the ext hard drive, then I need to locate it and drag it to the 'Home Improvements' file

[cjanquart]

Thanks, this helped since I'm new to Windows 11; I got the files on a flash drive but didn't know how to get them onto my new computer...the two window example was the clincher. Thanks again!

[LNlovesu]

your instruction is so clear and so easy to follow. I've watch so many and I'm like "what"? lol. So glad I came across your video. thank you for sharing.

[minerva]

Hi Kenny, so happy to have found you thank you so much for sharing, in such a great clear and easy way to understand, just great .of course did subscribe to your channel

[debbiedebbie]

Thank you for reminding us to use the SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE button. 👍✅😊

[paulmaybury]

that vid on flash drive transfer very helpful as i am new to windows 11 thank you👍

[Blackdog]

Why when I copied my music file from my old Windows 7 computer (about 2, 000 songs) to my new computer, when I loaded it on a large SSD 1 Trig drive, the file size was different. The original folder said "1, 921 files", but on the SSD drive it said "888 files". Both folders have the identical songs, (that's all there is on the drive). What causes the files to be different on a straight out copy?

[garrybrandonvideo]

Why is doing this on a windows pc so long winded and complicated ? .... doing this on a mac takes seconds and is so user friendly.

[markdupont]

Looking To Move No copy files! Need To Free Up Space!

[zandor]

thanks have made this very clear for a beginner!

[ShtFa]

But how do you delete them from the pc too free up space and keep the one son the usb?

[filsdupays]

I LOVE YOU GUY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ❤❤❤👍

[annebrooks]

Excellent video- I would like to see on also copying downloads to an external hard drive. I imagine it's the same way, but it would help seeing it. Nice!

[laraadey]

Thanks for your help im just trying to learn more

[auroradawn]

How to transfer photo and video folders from android to USB? Is it possible to transfer as a "file" as apposed to individual photos or videos ?

[debbiedebbie]

Thank you so much. I couldn't remember how to do it. ❤