What exactly are external hard drives used for?

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jimgreco@r

I have a ton of videos of me and my friends skateboarding. I am running out of room on my computer. If i get an external hard drive, can I just put all the videos on that and delete them off my computer? Or are external hardrives just for backing up files on a computer? Thanks.

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Yes, that would be a good use for a external hard drive & would free up a bunch of room on your computer. It would also let you take your videos with you to friends houses to show on there computers.

How to transfer to the external hard drive that I bought the music, videos and pictures in my lap top?

Joshua H

I bought an external hard but I don't know how to use it to transfer my videos music and pictures . My lap top's hard drive is almost full and I want to transfer it to my external hard drive. Can somebody help me?

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The drive will appear as a drive letter in Computer (ie: Drive E:, F:, or some other letter) within approximately 30 seconds of connecting and turning on the drive.
Often the AutoPlay window will appear within 30 seconds.
You can click on "Open Folder to View Files Using Windows Explorer" to open the drive letter, or on the drive letter in (My) Computer. When that window opens, the drive is functioning normally.
Then you can simply drag-and-drop data, or copy-and-paste data, into the drive to use it manually.

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