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Copying Photos from Camera to Pen Drive

How do I open pictures and videos taken by a digital camera then copy them to a pen drive? Celeste Stewart

Connecting the Digital Camera

You will need to use your computer as an intermediary device (unless your camera has some way to transfer the photos directly to a flash drive). The first order of business is connecting the camera to your computer which varies from one camera to the next. Does your camera have a USB connection and cable? Does it transmit wirelessly? Does it have a storage card?

If it comes with a cable, connect the camera to the computer using it. While most digital cameras come with software for transferring photos, Windows usually recognizes the camera as a storage device and will assign a drive letter to it. For now, let’s use the Windows drive letter as an example.

Using a Memory Card

Alternately, if your camera stores its digital photos and videos on a memory card and your computer has a card reader installed on it, you can simply remove the memory card and insert it into your computer’s card reader. As above, Windows will treat the card as a storage device and assign a drive letter.

In either case, right-click the Start button and choose Explore. Find the device (camera or memory card) in the list and select it.

Transferring Photos to the USB Pen Drive

Now, make sure that your pen drive is inserted into an available USB port. It too will be assigned a drive letter. For example, your digital camera may be assigned as the E:\ drive and the pen drive may appear as the F:\ drive.

When you have the digital camera selected, all of its files will appear in the Explorer pane. Use the keyboard shortcut Control + A (to select all) followed Control + C (to copy). Now, click on the pen drive. Click in a blank area of its contents display or create an empty folder. Use the shortcut for pasting which is Control + V. This will copy all of the files from the digital camera to the pen drive.