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Instructions

1 Plug your external hard drive's USB cable into the drive and the other end into a USB port on your computer. Allow Windows to detect the drive as a new drive.

2 Click the Windows orb, and then click your user name on the "Start" menu.

3 Right-click the "Documents" folder and click "Copy" from the menu.

4 Click the Windows orb, and then click "Computer." This displays a list of drives on your computer, including the external hard drive. This hard drive is listed as a removable storage drive.

5 Double-click the external hard drive to open it in a new window.

6 Right-click inside the window and click "Paste" from the menu.

7 Allow your computer time to copy the contents of your "Documents" folder to the external hard drive. This may take a while, depending on how much data your computer has to transfer.

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