How to Move Archive Emails to Jump Stick

Save a copy of emails to a jump drive.

Make a copy of archived emails to put onto a jump drive or directly save the email through the browser. Do this to backup information or to clean out an inbox. This is also helpful if the email account closes or if the emails contain sensitive information. People often archive important or memorable emails. Due to variants in the type of emails providers, archived email may go as a different name, like “Saved.” Archived emails do not appear in the actual inbox menu itself.

Things You'll Need

• Word processing program

Instructions

Copy and Paste

1. Open a word processing program on the computer.

2. Open the first archived email in your email provider's inbox. The exact location varies between email providers.

3. Highlight the entire email. If the email hides the address, click the option to show the addresses. Highlight everything and right-click on the mouse. Select copy. You can also use "Cntrl C" or "Option C" to copy the text.

4. Click on the word processing program. Paste the email onto the document by using the right-click option or pressing "Cntl V" or "Option V."

5. Insert the jump drive into the computer. Wait a few seconds for the jump drive to load. Exit out of the window that pops up on the Window's computer screen. This indicates that the jump drive has loaded onto a Windows computer. For a Mac computer, the drive will appear on the desktop screen as an icon.

6. Open the "Save" menu in the word processing program by clicking on the toolbar at the top of the program and selecting "Save As" from the menu.

7. Click on the saving location options. Locate the jump stick from the list and click on it.

8. Type the title of the email into the box in the save menu. Click "Save."

9. Repeat the process with all of the emails. Eject the jump drive by click on the icon in the lower right hand corner of the computer (Windows) and ejecting. For Macs, click on the icon of the jump drive and drag it to the trash can.

Direct Save

1. Open the email you wish to save.

2. Click "File" at the top of the web browser. If you have multiple tabs open, make sure that the one containing the email is open.

3. Click "Save As" in the "File" menu -- and give the email a title. Select the text format from the save menu. Select where you want to save the email. In this case, the jump stick. Click save.

4. Type the title of the email into the type box. Save the item.

References

• Everything USB: Thumbdrive FAQ