And the link is a short how-to for using the flash drive [aka USB hard drive]. Please note that the flash-drive is not for permanent back-up of your hard drive -- that should be done on CD or zip. However, flash drives are handy for storing games or documents; just keep a firm eye on which size flash you have, and don't try to put on more than 80% of stated capacity. [Yeah, yeah, some will tell that you can use all 320 mb of a 320 mb disk. From sad experience, I'm here to tell you that a stuffed disk doesn't work well if at all! In fact, stuffing is what you are dealing with on your hard drive right now, and they don't make alkaseltzer for computers. ) Also, did you delete all the temp files? [drive] :*.*.tmp i.e. c:*.*.tmp Also be sure your e-mail is cleaned up. If you want to refer to the messages later, you can save most messages in Word, and then transfer them from Word to a flash drive, a zip drive or a CD (if you have CD-write capability). Don't forget to delete all the e-mail items that are in the "delete folder". And, last but not least, clean up the cookies. Some you may want to keep (such as the one to GW, lol) but there will likely be a humongous bunch that actually belong to advertisers... IMO, those don't need to be taking up space on my hard drive. Here is a link that might be useful: how to use a flash drive

My son got me a flash drive for a Christmas gift and we used it to carry everything I wanted to have on my new computer by dragging the folders to the flash drive until it was filled, then transfered the files to the new computer. Then transferred the files on the flash drive to the new hard drive in the new computer.

Hi Bob, thanks for the quick response..more questions. I have 65 File Folders, some only have one photo, other's have 4-12. Must I add all 65 folders to come up with an accurate number of MB's. I can't find any place that gives me a total of My Photo's. Steve

It is a portable app, made to function that way. I posted a link in the original post here that explains what a portable app is. Much like using a linux live cd and running it from the cd/dvd drive. It is running in its own environment, not installing to the computer itself. The version of the app is designed to function that way. There are portable app versions for a lot of programs. Try google for portable apps you may be amazed. Using a portable app version of an antivirus program on an infected pc that you can not get to install or run the AV on the computer because the infection has disabled it, is a much often used tool. Which is why so many tech people carry a flash drive toolkit. Most of the tools you need can be put on a flash drive. One of the first things to happen have is a small linux distro capable of booting and running from your flash drive, with it you can gain access to the files in a borked windows pc and salvage them. The link below gives some information on flash toolkits. Here is a link that might be useful: Toolkit