Portable Series External Hard Drive
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User’s Manual
Using your Portable Series
Copying / Moving Files
Now that you have successfully installed your new Portable Series External Hard Drive, you can copy or move files or whole
folders from your new Portable Series to your computer and vice-versa.
It is important to understand the difference between Copy and Move.
Copy :
is to make a duplicate folder or file and store it so that you have two copies.
Move :
is to take a folder or file from one location and put it into another.
WHEN YOU MOVE A FOLDER OR FILE, YOU NO LONGER HAVE A BACKUP COPY.
Copy and paste files from the computer to the Portable Series External Hard Drive (Removable Disk Method).
Copying / Moving Files
For the purposes of this manual, we will make a copy of the Temp folder on the C drive of your computer and copy it to the
Portable Series External Hard Drive.
From the Windows Desktop click:
Start
Programs
Accessories
Windows Explorer
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Figure 9.
Getting to the Windows Explorer
From the Windows Explorer, you will see various drive letters; A, C, your C drive is your local Hard Drive.
The Portable Series will most likely be the E drive however, it could be any drive letter. For the purposes of this manual,
we will assume that the Portable Series is the E drive. As well, for practice copying folders and files, we will copy the
Temp folder onto the Portable Series.