Oh great great! Thanks everybody! On 7/15/17, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Danielle, I assume your using windows 10? > > Generally speaking it works the same in windows 10 as it does in any other > version of windows. > > First, stick your thumb drive into the usb then open your downloads folder. > > Select the files with the arrow keys, either one at a time or by holding > shift if you want a number at once, or heck if you want to select the lot > hit ctrl A. > Then, hit ctrl c if you want to copy the files and still leave a copy of > them in downloads, or ctrl x if you want to cut them, ---- ie, move them > from downloads to your drive and not leave a copy . > > Then you’ll need to find your thumbdrive. First open windows explorer (you > can do this by opening a folder on your desktop or just hitting windows key > and e). > For me since I have windows 10 set to display in lists (like I used to with > xp), I just have to hit shift and tab from a folder and then march down with > the arrows (or hit the first letter). > I don’t know what your thumbdrive will be called but it will probably have a > drive letter next to it, quite often for me when I use such things they come > up as being called “Usb disk F” or “removable disk G” > > Once you have found it hit enter to display the drive, then hit ctrl V to > paste the files you previously cut or copied, then wait a bit. > > One thing I have noticed in windows 10 is that unlike previous windows it > does not give you the option to directly open and view the contents of a usb > drive when you connect it unless you mess around in the notifications area, > that is why it’s better doing it in windows explorer (and it’s always good > to know where things are on your pc anyway). > > Hth. > > For windows 7 the process is nearly the same accept that windows 7 has a > rather more annoying way of displaying connected drives (I actually > ddislike the windows explorer layout in 7). You’ll need to go to “my > computer” and it’ll show a device list, however when using either nvda or > supernova it seemed nearly impossible to get these devices to display > properly other than hitting the first letter of each to open it and view > it’s contents, meaning you have to know the name of something before you > find it which is rather silly. > On the plus side, windows 7 does still have the option to open a usb > derive’s contents when you connect it I believe. > > Hth. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Danielle Ledet > Sent: 15 July 2017 23:20 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [blind-gamers] Saving Files to a Thum Drive > > Hi yall, > > I don't know how to do this anymore. Can somebody give me step-by-step > directions. I want to send certain files from my downloads folder to > my thumb drive. > > -- > How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, > compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and > tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will > have been all of these. > George Washington Carver > Email: [email protected] > > > > >
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