Windows 10: Transferring data from the boot drive to a secondary drive in a laptop

This may be a dumb question but I have new laptop with a 500GB boot drive and a secondary 1TB spinner drive in it but have no idea on how to transfer say photos and other data like that from the boot drive to the larger disk. I don't wantto copy the Windows installation as most Googles I have done seem to think that I want to do.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

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Windows 10 1909 Causes Secondary Hard Drive to not be Recognized

Installing the Windows 10 1909 Update causes my secondary hard drive to not be recognized.

Steps to confirm issue:

• Secondary drive not visible in Windows Explorer
• Secondary drive not visible in device manager
• Secondary drive not visible in disk manager

Steps to replicate issue:

• Installing 1909 update

Steps to resolve issue:

• Uninstall 1909 update

Since updates can only be delayed for so long, an actual fix would be appreciated.

 

USB Transfer to Laptop

Hello Judy,

I suggest you to copy all the files to a flash drive from the laptop.
You may create a new folder on your desktop and name that folder as per your choice.

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  Perform the steps to transfer the files from laptop to desktop.
  
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  Plug in the flash drive and wait for it to get detected.
  
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  Now, open the flash drive and Right Click on the files that you want to transfer and select “Copy”.
  
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  Now, open the folder on desktop and Right Click on an empty space in the folder and select “Paste”.
  
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  Similarly, you can transfer all other files.
  

As per the file size you can also use an external drive instead of a flash drive and transfer the data.



Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.

 

Laptops That Support A Secondary Storage Drive

When you say "tons of them", do you mean that they have a ROM drive to remove or do they accommodate second drives specifically?

I'll keep it a bit broad.

• Intel i7 Generation 8
• 15.6" Display
• M.2 512GB NVMe SSD (C Drive)
• 1TB Hard Drive or SSD secondary drive (D Drive)
• NVIDIA Graphics
• 6 cell battery (maybe)
• 4G/5G LTE mobile broadband card

When it comes to LTE cards, I'll listen to suggestions as I have never used one.

I like good sound, but when it comes to laptops, I am not sure how choosy you can be.
Please ask me what else I should include in the specs.