Windows 10: transferring photos to a flash drive with Windows 10

Windows 10 may be ok in many respects, transferring photos to a flash drive is not. Nevertheless, after an hour or so of trial and error, and receiving incorrect information from the help center, I did discover a method that will enable the transfer to be made using this simple "copy and paste" procedure.


1. insert a flash drive into computer

2. open "photos" window

3. on top of photos home page, click on "folders"

4. on "folders" page click on picture of folder to be transferred to flash drive

5. when individual pictures appear, left click in box that appears in picture's upper right corner

6. then right click on the full picture and click on "copy" from drop down menu

7. after following the foregoing procedure for each picture or group of pictures to be transferred to the flash drive, click on permanent "File Explorer" app at the bottom of the screen

8. the File Explorer screen will appear

9. scroll down menu on left side of "File Explorer" screen and hi-lite the flash drive to be used (you should see a driver designation and a picture)

10. near top left of the File Explorer screen, find the "paste" box and click on it

11. a list of files transferred to the flash drive will appear

12. return to the "photos" home window and repeat the process as necessary


Needless to say, the process of transferring any computer files or information to a disc or flash drive needs to be reviewed and modified by Microsoft with an eye towards user-friendly simplification. But until that happens, hopefully the foregoing procedure may be helpful.

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Pictures transfer FROM flash drive TO Windows 10

Hi Scott,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I would recommend you to follow the below given steps to transfer pictures from computer to a flash drive.

• Plug-in the flash drive to the USB port on the computer
• Select the pictures that you want transfer it to flash drive.
• Right click on the selected pictures and choose
  Send To option.
• From the options, select the plugged-in USB.
• Pictures will be transferred to the flash drive.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Photo Transfer

Hi Lorie,

You can transfer photos from your computer to your flash drive in many ways such as by copying and pasting the files, by dragging and dropping them, or by using the Send to option. You can perform the following steps about how your transfer
your files:

• Insert your flash drive into your computer’s USB port.
• Open File Explorer, select the photos you want to transfer, right-click on the group of selected files, then select
  Copy.
• Explore your flash drive on another File Explorer window. Your flash drive should be recognized as a drive letter. Most flash drives will be labelled as a
  Removable Disk.
  
• Right-click on an area where you want to transfer it, then select Paste.

Alternatively, you can select the photos then drag and drop them to their destination which is a folder on your flash drive. You can also select the photos, right-click on the group of selected files, choose Send To, then select the letter
of your flash drive.

Let us know if there is anything else that we can help you with.

 

Pictures transfer FROM flash drive TO Windows 10

When I plug in flash drive it does not display o r any thing. how do I display the drive that is plugged in? There is no more my computer option like on previous windows versions.