Save directly to a flash drive

• 1). Insert the flash drive into your computer's USB slot. Look for the USB slots on the left or right side of a laptop, or the front or back panels of a desktop computer.
  
  
• 2). Click "File" and "Save As" on a program's menu.
  
  
• 3). Click "Computer" in "Save" dialog's sidebar.
  
  
• 4). Double-click the icon representing your flash drive under "Devices With Removable Storage," for example "Removable Disk (G:)."
  
  
• 5). Type a name for your file into the "Name" box and click "Save."
  
  
• 6). Left click the "Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray at the bottom-right corner of your screen and click the "Safely Remove" option for your flash drive, for example "Safely Remove Mass Storage Device - Drive (G:)."
  
  
• 7). Remove the flash drive from your computer's USB slot.
  
  

Copy to a flash drive

• 1). Insert the flash drive into your computer's USB slot. Look for the USB slots on the left or right side of a laptop, or the front or back panels of a desktop computer.
  
  
• 2). Click "Start" and "Computer." Your flash drive is displayed with your other hard drives and disk drives in the "Computer" window under "Drives with Removable Storage."
  
  
• 3). Navigate to a file on your hard drive in the "Computer" window.
  
  
• 4). Copy a file to the flash drive by right-clicking it, clicking "Send To" and clicking the name of the flash drive, for example "Removable Disk (G:)."
  
  
• 5). Left click the "Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray at the bottom-right corner of your screen and click the "Safely Remove" option for your flash drive, for example "Safely Remove Mass Storage Device - Drive (G:)."
  
  
• 6). Remove the flash drive from your computer's USB slot.