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Use an external drive or memory stick

Use an external drive or memory stick

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Use an external drive or memory stick

- Working with an external storage drive, like an external hard drive or a USB memory stick is almost the same as working with files on your main system drive. First, I want to see what happens when we physically connect an external hard drive or USB memory stick to the computer. So I have a USB memory stick here. I will plug it into my computer. The first time you connect an external drive, you will probably see this notification asking you to choose what will happen when you connect an external drive. You can click on this and then you can make your choice. So let's say you wanted to open up File Explorer every time you connect your external drive. You can select that there and when you connect your drive in the future, it will open up this window. Now, if you change your mind later, it's very easy to change that selection. We just need to go to settings. So I'll go to the Start Menu then to the gear button to open…

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