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Old 01-20-2008   #1 (permalink)
Peter


 
 

Importing/Copying Files from an External Drive

What's the fastest way to transfer/import files from an external device into
my local drive. It would be nice if there was a program out there that would
list all of the files found in the external device by category. (ie. Pics,
movies, docs) Please help, Thanks

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Old 01-20-2008   #2 (permalink)
Bob


 
 

Re: Importing/Copying Files from an External Drive

Why not search the drive by file extensions such as .jpg .mov .doc etc.?
Then select the files and Copy them.

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> What's the fastest way to transfer/import files from an external device
> into
> my local drive. It would be nice if there was a program out there that
> would
> list all of the files found in the external device by category. (ie. Pics,
> movies, docs) Please help, Thanks
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Old 01-20-2008   #3 (permalink)
Ken Blake, MVP


 
 

Re: Importing/Copying Files from an External Drive

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:41:01 -0800, Peter
<Peter@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

> What's the fastest way to transfer/import files from an external device into
> my local drive.


Either drag and drop or copy and paste works fine. Neither is faster
than the other.

Quote:

> It would be nice if there was a program out there that would
> list all of the files found in the external device by category. (ie. Pics,
> movies, docs)


Sort the files by extension, and they will be grouped by category.

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