Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Found media player and the cd device and the usb, but the player will not start.
I have highlighted the device and put autoplay on in media player, but still wont work. An alternative way of extracting your music file from a CD is by transferring it manually. Follow these steps to do so:. I cant gain access to the external drive. This happened after a recent Windows up-date.
I suspect that the up-date has changed registry settings so the drive is no longer controlled. Hopefully Microsoft will release a patch for the problem. Thank you for the information. If that's the case, we suggest uninstalling your external CD driver thru device manager. We'd like to make sure if you still need assistance regarding this issue. If the previous recommendation resolved your issue, we encourage you to inform the Community by marking the post as an answer or by clicking on Helpful.
Can anyone help please? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Virtually all external hard drives use a USB cable to connect to your computer, but you may find that your computer doesn't have a traditional rectangular USB port. Buy an adapter if necessary. You can find these online or in some tech stores e. Plug one end of the external hard drive's cable into your computer. This will usually be the USB end of the cable. The USB connector should only fit one way, so don't force it if it doesn't fit; instead, rotate it degrees and try connecting it again.
If you're using an adapter, first connect the end of the adapter that fits in your computer to your computer, then plug the end of the external hard drive's cable into the free end of the adapter. Attach the other end of the cable to the external hard drive. Depending on the external hard drive, the cable may already be attached; if not, attach the free end of the cable to the port into which it fits on the external hard drive.
Format your hard drive if necessary. Depending on both the external hard drive and your computer's operating system, you may not be able to use your drive until you change its format to work with your computer. This is ideal if you want to use your hard drive with both Windows and Mac computers. Formatting an external hard drive will erase everything on it. Part 2. This icon is used on wikiHow as fair use because it is being used to provide how-to instructions.
Go to the folder where your files are. Using the left-hand panel of options, go to the folder where you have the files you want to copy to the external hard drive. For example, if your files are in the Documents folder, you would click Documents on the left to open the Documents folder. Highlight the files you want to copy.
To do so, click and drag your mouse cursor across the contents of the folder. You can also hold down Ctrl and click each file you want to copy to select them individually. Copy the files. It's on the left side of the File Explorer window. Double-click your external hard drive's name. You'll see it below the "Devices and drives" heading in the middle of the page. If you don't see anything below the "Devices and drives" heading, click once the heading to expand it.
If you can't find your external hard drive here, try using a different USB slot for your hard drive. Paste in your files. Wait for your files to finish copying onto the drive.
Depending on your files' sizes, this process time will vary. Remove your hard drive. Part 3. Open a folder when you keep your files, then click and drag your mouse cursor across the contents of the folder. If you can't find your files, click All My Files on the left side of the Finder window to browse all of your Mac's folders. Click the Edit menu item. It's in the upper-left corner of your Mac's screen. Click Copy. This option is in the Edit drop-down menu.
Click your external hard drive's name. You'll find it below the "Devices" heading on the left side of the Finder window. Doing so opens your hard drive's window in the Finder. Click the Edit menu item again. The drop-down menu will reappear. Click Paste Items. This will begin copying your selected files onto your external drive.
Wait for your files to finish copying. A simple program for this is CCleaner, which will remove unnecessary files for you quickly and efficiently. Not Helpful 4 Helpful Whatever files or data you moved to your hard drive just stays there after unplugging. The point of an external hard drive is to keep your files somewhere safe outside of your PC.
Once, you have the adapter, attach it on side of the cable to the external hard drive and one to your computer. Before proceeding, you can format your hard drive if it is required. After the connection is successful, open the file explorer and search the folder of the files you want to copy. Now, double-click on your external hard drive's name and paste the copied files here. The duration of file transfer will depend upon the size of the data. Once it is completed, remove the hard drive.
If you are using Apple products, the procedure is quite the same for it too. Open finder highlights the files that you want to transfer and copy them. Furthermore, click on the external hard drive and then the Edit menu item option and click "paste items" to wait for the procedure to end.
Once it is finished, click on the "eject" button by right-clicking the external hard drive name. The transfer time usually depends on what type of cable and port you have on your computer. We have gone through the simplest way to transfer files to an external hard drive. Yet, there is another utility given by windows named "Command prompt" you can use this to consume less time in transferring files to an external hard drive.
Follow the steps;. Step 1 Open the computer and connect your hard drive properly with it. Step 3 Use this command to copy the files from the computer to the external hard drive;. Step 4 Make sure you select the right drives to copy and paste data, as a single mistake can put you in deep trouble.
Wait for the procedure to end and remove the hard drive and close the command prompt window. The window never lets you depend upon any other utility. File history is a Windows built-in tool that is capable of transferring data from a computer to any external storage device.
You can easily rely on this tool for easy data transfer.
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