
Open the drives in Windows File manager and drag and drop the files to the desired location. You can also use a Windows PC to transfer files between two Android devices using two USB cables.Īttach each device to your PC using a USB cable and the devices should appear under drives and devices.

You can open each drive in a new window and move files between them just as if they were on your PC. When you open a device that has an external SD card installed you will see both the internal and external storage displayed as two separate drives. You can also use your PC to transfer files between Internal and external storage on your android phone or tablet. Transfer Files Between Internal and External Storage

Note: You can also transfer files to a Mac but you will need to install and use the Android File Transfer program on Your Mac. If you have an external SD card installed on the device it will show as a second hard drive (see below) and you can move files to and from your PC to the external storage/SD card. Here is a short video showing how it is done You can now transfer files from Android to your PC, and vice-versa just by dragging and dropping as you would when moving files between folders on Windows. You should note that not all files and folders on your Android device are accessible to your PC.Īndroid system files are protected and are not visible.ģ. Note: your tablet/phone needs to be switched onĢ.Double click the phone icon (nexus 7 icon), and you will see a disk icon, double click this disk icon to show the files and folders on the attached android device.

To transfer files plug the USB cable ( micro usb ) into your android device, and the other end into a USB port on your PC.

The easiest way of transferring files from Android to or from your Windows PC or laptop is to use a USB cable.
