Windows 10: Transferring files to external HD

Discus and support Transferring files to external HD in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I just bought a WD easystore 2tb external hard drive, I also have an old HP slim line s5-1414 PC that is running windows 10. when I transfer a file... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/-aLittleLate, Apr 8, 2021.

  1. Transferring files to external HD


    I just bought a WD easystore 2tb external hard drive, I also have an old HP slim line s5-1414 PC that is running windows 10. when I transfer a file from the PC to the external hard drive the file still appears on the PC. I’m trying to save space on the computer. I’m transferring pictures & videos that I don’t need in the computer, to the external har drive. Do I have to manually delete these files from the computer once I transfer them? They only copy when I drag & drop, when i click on the move to option they also only copy. Thank you all for your time.

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    /u/-aLittleLate, Apr 8, 2021
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  2. External HD Connection Problem

    I have attached an external HD to my computer running Windows 10 and it will not show up in my drive list. The properties shows it as Seagate.ink - what is an ink file and any suggestions as to how I can get it to work?
     
    ColleenTreacy, Apr 8, 2021
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  3. File transfer on external HD problem

    Hello,

    I had a weird problem, not sure if I did something wrong. I was the not so happy owner of an Aspire R3-131T running on Windows 10 after the MacBook I used crashed. I worked on this PC for about a year, before
    moving back to a 2017 MacBook Pro with Sierra 10.12.6. I plugged in a WD Elements 1 To external HD in order to transfer important files from my PC to my Mac (it was faster than through the WiFi). All seemed to work finely until today, as I plugged my extrernal
    HD in my MacBook in order to check the files I saved. It was the first time I did that, and it happened about a month after the transfer. The folder where I put them did not appear on the HD, and after a few minutes, I found it in the trash folder, unfortunately
    empty... Can someone tell me what happened and if I have any chance to get my files back, knowing that I don't have the Acer notebook anymore ?

    I know I should have double checked my HD and waited a while before giving my Acer away... But I just want to understand what happened.

    I also tried to transfer files through the cloud, using Drive, but the files I moved to Drive where also put into the trash folder. And I'm pretty sure that I didn't do that. Fortunately, I was able to restore them.

    Thank you,

    Jean-Marie Bolay
     
    jean-mariebolay, Apr 8, 2021
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  4. Transferring files to external HD

    Transfer files from external harddrive to MS 10

    Just set up my new HP with Windows 10. I transferred files from my old PC Windows 7 to an external HD using easy transfer tool. Windows 10 does not have an easy transfer tool, so how do I upload my files, and pictures, etc. from an external HD into Windows
    10?

    Thank you.
     
    CarlosGuerra 2715, Apr 8, 2021
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