How to Back-up Photos With an External USB

Digital photos that are stored in a computer can represent previous memories and other important events in a person's life. Due to that importance, it is vital that digital photos be backed-up to a secondary storage location, such as an external USB drive. The two most common types of USB storage are hard drives and flash, or "thumb," drives. You can back-up your photos to a USB storage device with Windows Explorer.

Instructions

1. Connect the USB storage device to the computer.

2. Click the "Start" button in the lower-left corner of the screen.

3. Click "Pictures."

4. Select the photos to be backed-up with the mouse.

5. Press the Ctrl and C keys at the same time.

6. Click the USB storage device in the left column. Typically, it is labelled as "(E:)," though the drive letter may be different depending upon your computer's setup.

7. Press the Ctrl and V keys at the same time to copy the photos to the external storage device. The photos are now backed-up.

Tips & Warnings

• Backing up the photos may take several minutes to several hours, depending upon the number of photos to be backed-up.