User’s Manual
Using your S2 Portable Series
Copying / Moving Files
Now that you h ave successfully installed your new S2 Portable Series External Hard Drive, you copy or move files or whole folders from your new S2 Portable Series to your computer and
It is important to understand the difference between Copy and Move.
Copy : is to make a duplicate folder or file and store it so that you have two copies.
Move : is to take a folder or file from one location and put it into another.
WHEN YOU MOVE A FOLDER OR FILE, YOU NO LONGER HAVE A BACKUP COPY.
Copy and paste files from the computer to the S2 Portable Series External Hard Drive (Removable Disk Method).
Removable Disk Method
For the purposes of this manual, we will make a copy of the Temp folder on the C drive of your computer and copy it to the S2 Portable Series External Hard Drive.
From the Windows Desktop click:
Start | Programs | Accessories | Windows Explorer |
Figure 9. Getting to the Windows Explorer
From the Windows Explorer, you will see various drive letters; A, C, your C drive is your local
Hard Drive. The S2 Portable Series will most likely be the E drive however, it could be any drive letter.
For the purposes of this manual, we will assume that the S2 Portable Series is the E drive. As well, for practice copying folders and files, we will copy the Temp folder onto the S2 Portable Series.
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