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Want to move files between Google Drive accounts without downloading and reuploading them? Learn how you can do that!
When working with multiple disk drives, you may need to copy files from one drive to another drive. Or, you might need to download or transfer files from a usb drive or memory stick to a drive on your computer. Follow the steps below to copy and move files between drives. Microsoft Windows usersTo copy files from one drive to another internal or external drive in Windows, perform the same actions you would use to copy a file in Windows. For example, if you wanted to copy photos from a USB flash drive to the HDD (hard drive) in your computer, follow these steps. Open the USB drive in File Explorer, locate the photos or the folder containing the pictures, and press Ctrl+C. Then, in File Explorer, go to the location you want to copy the pictures (e.g, Pictures on the left to open your Pictures folder), and paste them by pressing Ctrl+V. Tip There are other ways to copy files, and you can use whichever you prefer. For more information, see: How to copy files. Windows command promptThe following examples use the Windows command prompt to copy files from one drive to another. For general information about using the command line (cmd), see: How to use the Windows command line (DOS). Using the copy commandYou can use the copy command from the command line to copy files. copy c:\myfile.txt d: The above command would copy the file "myfile.txt" on the C: drive to the D: drive. copy *.txt e: The above command uses a wildcard to copy all text files in the current directory to the E: drive. copy f:\example.xls The above command would copy the file "example.xls" on the F: drive to the current directory. Notice that we did not specify a destination; if the destination is not specified, the current directory is used by default. For example, if your command prompt says C:\>, you are in the root of the C:\ drive. So, the command above would copy F:\example.xls to the destination C:\example.xls. Tip If you need to switch between drives, type the letter of the drive followed by a colon at the command line. For example, to switch to the 'I' drive, type "i:". If done correctly, it should change your prompt to "I:\>".
Using the xcopy commandUsing the xcopy command, you can copy the all the files from one drive to another drive. Example: xcopy /h /c /k /e /r /y c:\ d:\ The above command copies all of the files on the C:\ drive to the D:\ drive. There are many options specified here (the letters with a slash before them). Here's what they do:
Other GUI (Graphical User Interface) methodsAll modern GUI operating systems let you use the familiar copy and paste functions to copy files and other objects. To copy files from one drive to another, follow the steps below.
How do I move files from OneDrive to another OneDrive?Go to “Cloud Transfer” page, select folders you want to transfer from your first OneDrive account, select destination path to save them under your second OneDrive account or you can select whole OneDrive as the source and select your second OneDrive account as the destination.
How do I move files from OneDrive to another without copying?If you want to select all the files in a given folder, press Ctrl + A (this will select ALL files & folders). Press the Alt key on your keyboard and you will see the Edit menu (see the screenshot below). Select 'Cut'. Now go to your destination folder and press the Alt key again.
Can you drag files from OneDrive to another?Right-click the hard drive icon containing the files you want to transfer and select "Open in New Window." Navigate to the folder containing the files and click and drag or press "Ctrl-A" to select them.
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