USB flash drives are small hard drives that you connect to your device with a USB port. Usually, the size of the Flash drive is between 128MB and 1GB. Larger drives should provide you with enough storage space to back up a lot of files (even more than a CD if your Flash drive is 1GB).
However, if the data you wish to back up reaches the limit of the disk, you would need to use an additional type of removable media such as a CD.
The instructions given here are based on a Windows XP computer. If you have a particular version of the Windows operating system, these instructions do not function precisely as illustrated here. For example, the photos in the dialog boxes or windows can look subtly different.
How to back up the data to a USB flash drive
- Insert the Hard drive to the USB port on your device.
- Press Start in the bottom left corner of your computer’s desktop.
- Click the My Machine tab.
- You can see the Flash drive icon in the My Screen browser.
- Resize the My Screen window so that the windows do not clash on the desktop when you open the place (window) where the files/folders you want to back up are stored.
- Open the file/folder directory that you want to back up. (There are many ways to find the files—use the procedure that you usually use.)
- Move the mouse cursor over the file/folder you wish to copy and keep down the left-hand mouse button to pick the file or folder icon.
- Drag the button to the Flash Drive icon.
- If a tiny plus sign (+) appears on the Flash drive icon, release the mouse button. You can now see a copy of the file or folder on the Flash drive.
- To ensure if the file or folder has been copied to the disk, double-click the Flash Drive icon to open it. You should list the file or folder you copied.
- Repeat measures 6-9 before all files or directories you wish to back up have been copied.
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