Flash+Drives

Flash Drives

The first thing you'll want to do is go to your desktop and double click on the My Computer icon. Leave that open and then continue on with the next step. Next, you need to actually plug the flash drive into your computer. If you use Windows XP ,Vista, or Win 7 you don't need any drivers to get the flash drive up and running. Just plug it into one of your available USB ports and your computer will automatically recognize it. A "Found New Hardware" bubble will pop up in the bottom right hand corner of your desktop, so always look for that before you do anything else. On the other hand, if you use an older version of Windows, you may need to install the driver CD that comes with your flash drive in order for it to work properly.

Now, make sure you have your eye on the My Computer window and when you plug your flash drive in, look there to see where the flash drive goes. More than likely, it will bring up a new drive for you and it will be labelled as "Removable." It should come up as "Removable Disk (With a single letter:)," Once you find the correct drive letter, double click on it and you should see an empty window. (Not to worry, it's only empty, because you haven't put anything in it yet!) You can then go and find the files you want to save to your flash drive and just drag and drop them into the window. That is all there is to it. Once you have all the files you want saved on there, you can then go and put them on another computer or whatever you need to do. Flash drives really are awesome little devices and now you know that using them can be as easy as pie!  