Press Windows key + S to activate the search bar. Type cmd into the search bar. If you need to copy system files, right-click Command prompt and select Run as administrator. You don’t have to do this if you’re booted into recovery mode, as the Command Prompt will always run as an administrator this way. If you’re copying personal files, like your own pictures or documents, just click Command prompt.

You don’t have to do this if you’re booted into recovery mode, as the Command Prompt will always run as an administrator this way.

You don’t have to do this if you’re booted into recovery mode, as the Command Prompt will always run as an administrator this way.

Type or paste this command after the prompt: wmic logicaldisk where drivetype=2 get deviceid, volumename, description Press Enter.

Type cd F: (if your flash drive isn’t F:, replace it with your drive letter}} and press Enter. Type mkdir foldername and press Enter (replace foldername with the name you want to give the new folder).

If there’s a space in the name of the folder, such as C:\Users\yourname\rough drafts, you’ll need to place the entire path in quotes like this: cd “C:\Users\yourname\rough drafts. To see all the files inside of a folder, type dir and press Enter. Type dir and press Enter to see existing files and folders. All folders are labeled with ‘’

’’, which tells you that these are folders instead of files.

When you use the copy command, you’ll use it like this: copy source destination. For example, to copy a file called cats. docx from your current directory to a folder called Pets on your USB flash drive that’s assigned the F: drive letter, you’d do this: copy cats. docx F:\Pets\ If you want to copy multiple individual files at once that end with the same file extension (e. g. , . docx to the Pets folder on your flash drive, you’d type copy *. docx F:\Pets). [1] X Research source

xcopy “C:\Users\yourname\rough drafts" F:\ /e /h /r Notice the trailing backslash \ at the end of the first path—this tells xcopy that you’re copying a folder, not an individual file. [2] X Research source Adding /e tells xcopy to copy all sub-folders. Including /h ensures that xcopy also copies hidden files. Adding /r also includes any read-only files. [3] X Research source