There's really very little you need to know about thumb drives.
I am assuming that you may be a person who has never plugged anything into
those USB connectors on your computer. You just push straight in. If it does
not feel like it will go in, flip it over. There is only one direction that
will fit. Pay attention to any ridge or marking on the drive to say top or
bottom once you figure it out or label it in your chosen method. If you have
questions about how to do that, ask me off list.
When you then hear a sound from the computer saying it has detected the
drive, listen to see what letter the computer assigns that drive. It will
say something like removable storage device D or E or something. This is
important because it tells you where to save your files and your computer
will be different from mine since I don't know the configuration of your
computer.
Here this gets just a little vague because I don't know your operating
system or program you plan to use. But, basically, use your word processor
or other program, begin saving your file, and when you go to where to save,
you may have to find Tree View to locate Computer and open it. Once open,
you will most likely see as one of the drives something like removable
storage, or the brand name of your thumb drive, or something that will tell
you which one it is. Open it, once open, press enter, and this will put you
in the list where files and folders would go. Now, Save your file.
Someone else can chime in and say the importance of this next step. I was
taught before you reach up and just unplug the device when you are finished,
that you should Close it to make sure it is finished saving and whatever
else may be happening. On Your desktop, I do this by tabbing to Notification
and then down arrow to something about closing hardware devices. There's
only one thing that is close to what you want. Go down to your thumb drive
denoted as before and press enter on it. The computer will come back with
Safe to remove Mass storage Device or whatever it says to refer to this
drive. Now, you are safe to just pull straight out on the thumb drive, put
the cap back on to protect it, and go on your way.
I remember how scary it was the first time I tried one of these handy little
inventions. This may seem like a lot of information. It isn't as much as it
seems and once you've actually used your new drive a couple times, you will
be quite comfortable! It really is a simple process. But, if you have any
questions, please ask on or offlist. It's important that you feel confident
in your mind that you can do this. I know you can so will help till you do.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Vanderlitz
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:30 AM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Thumb drives
Hi List!
Anyone know where I can find a good tutorial that would teach me how to use
a thumb drive in simple detail and from scratch?
Thanks.
Linda
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