moving files

Discussion in 'Software' started by BILLMCC66, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    I am cleaning up my PC and on an external HD i have a lot of files, plus over 1000 photos that are saved in Jpg format and what i would like to do is put them all in one folder.
    is there a way i can select all the photos without selecting the other files or will i have to do the one at a time????:confused

    i am running Vista Home Premium
     
    BILLMCC66, Aug 13, 2008
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  2. Davey_Pitch

    Davey_Pitch Private E-2

    You could simply sort the folder by file type and all the Jpg's will be next to each other. You can then highlight the lot of them.

    You could also go into a command prompt and copy *.jpg to your destination folder of choice.
     
    Davey_Pitch, Aug 13, 2008
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  3. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    OK thanks i will give it a try
     
    BILLMCC66, Aug 13, 2008
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  4. chaimjm

    chaimjm Staff Sergeant

    On my XP which was always untidy I used to go to start... search... pictures.... then copy paste.
    never tried my Vista search must look into it when I get home.
     
    chaimjm, Aug 13, 2008
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  5. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    That's the simplest way, IMO. Bazza

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    bigbazza, Aug 13, 2008
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  6. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Be very aware that the external hard drive may be formatted as FAT32. FAT32 has a file size limit of 4 GB. DO NOT place over 1000 photos in one folder if the size will be over 4G because you might end up with corruption and lose all your photos.
     
    plodr, Aug 13, 2008
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