[Ham-Computers] Reformatting a Flash Drive

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

Uhhh, "Cut" and "Paste" are still available in Windows, but the options may not show up depending on "how" you perform the cut-n-paste/copy/move/whatever.

If you highlight a file (or a bunch) in Windows Explorer, then right-click (or click the "Edit" menu), you'll have the options to "Cut" or "Copy".  If you then move to another location (via click, another Windows explorer window, etc), the option to "Paste" will then show up when you right-click or click "Edit".  This is the "classic" cut-n-paste method.

However, in Windows, if you highlight a file (or a bunch), then "drag" with the right mouse button to a new location, a context menu will open with the options to "Move", "Copy", or "Create shortcut" at the new location.  This is the "shortcut" method as it involves fewer steps to accomplish the same task - the "Cut" option is missing as the "drag" operation infers a "Cut".

73,

  - Aaron, NN6O



-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Reformatting a Flash Drive

Jim,

If your terminology is literally correct, then the results will be as Kurt says.  "Cut" means to remove.  However, "Cut" is not one of the options in Windows Explorer under any Microsoft OS back to the beginning of Windows.  However, Move is.  Move does a cut and paste.  Or actually a paste and cut.  Maybe you did a Move.

In a message dated 4/10/2009 12:29:35 AM Central Daylight Time, 
kd7jyk at earthlink.net writes: 
> You need to copy, not cut.  If you cut, the original files are removed, 
> if
> you copy, they remain, COPIES are put on the second drive.
> 
> Kurt
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Hill" <JJan-3 at cox.net>
> 
> : I just had my second flash drive failure.  I cut and pasted a large
> : folder from one flash drive to another.  The transfer occurred, but
> : all remaining folders on the first drive disappeared.  Files not in
> : folders remained.
> 

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