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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">copy files</h1> <h2>[WHAT]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;copying the contents of a DVD disc to a removable USB&nbsp;thumb drive</li> </ol> <h2>[WHY]</h2> <ol> <li>]&nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[WHERE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[WHEN]</h2> <ol> <li>] 2014</li> </ol> <h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2> <ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h2>[HOW-TO]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] insert the DVD to be copied into the DVD drive</strong></li> <ol> <li>*] most dvd will 'autoplay' meaning they will usually 'pop up' a window with some options asking you what you want to do, IF you choose the option to "view files and folders" you can skip step #2 and go straight to step # 3</li> </ol> <li><strong>] to open your *file explorer*&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>] from the windows 8.x start screen,</li> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">&gt;]</span> click the 'desktop' tile to go to the desktop</li> <li>] on the bottom left hand corner of the desktop,&nbsp;you should see a 'folder' icon in the 'task bar',</li> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">&gt;]</span> click on the 'folder' icon in the taskbar to open the 'file explorer' program</li> </ol> <li><strong>] in&nbsp;the 'file explorer' window, on&nbsp;the left hand side, under &nbsp;the 'This PC' icon</strong></li> <ol> <li>] you will see a list of the folders, files and drives that your computer can access</li> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">&gt;]</span> click on&nbsp;the "DVD drive" to 'select' it</li> <li>*] in the large window to the right, a list of the folders and files stored on the DVD should appear,</li> </ol> <li><strong>] on the home menu tab at the top of the </strong><strong>'file explorer' window&nbsp;</strong><strong>on the far right,&nbsp;you should have a button to '<span style="background-color: #ffff00;">select all'</span></strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">&gt;]</span> click the 'select all' button to <strong>select</strong> all the files on the DVD disc,</li> <li>*] when they are selected they should appear 'highlighted' or 'lit up' in blue</li> </ol> <li><strong>] on the home menu tab, at the top of the&nbsp;'file explorer' window&nbsp;on the far left, you should see a <span style="background-color: #ffff00;">"copy" button</span></strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">&gt;]</span> click the 'copy' button to <strong>copy</strong> all the file on the DVD drive</li> <li>*] you won't see any visible changes after you have 'copied' the&nbsp;items</li> </ol> <li><strong>] in&nbsp;the file exporer window, on&nbsp;the left hand side, under &nbsp;the 'This PC' icon, </strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">&gt;]</span><strong> click on the "removable drive" to select it</strong></li> <li>*] in the large window to the right, a list of the folders and files stored on the&nbsp;"removable drive"&nbsp;should appear,</li> </ol> <li><strong>] on the 'home' menu tab, at the top of the&nbsp;'file explorer' window,&nbsp;on the far left, you should see a 'button'&nbsp;to <span style="background-color: #ffff00;">"paste"</span></strong></li> <ol> <li><span style="background-color: #00ff00;">&gt;]</span> click the paste button</li> <li>] you should start to see the files and folders that you are pasting start to appear in the window.</li> <li>*you will likely also get a progress bar indicating the 'progress' of the file copy operation if you are&nbsp;copying a large amount of&nbsp;files&nbsp;</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>] NOTE re: #1</strong></li> <ol> <li>when i insert the DVD on my windows 8 machine it automatically opened the "file explorer" program, if yours does the same, you can skip straight to <strong>step 3</strong></li> </ol> <li>]</li> </ol> <h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h1>