saving on a memory stick

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Please excuse this rather simple question to the majority of the general public, however I don't know the answer...

I have saved some pages of work on my laptops hard-drive & now I am going to transfer the saved doc. to a memory stick (if I can!). Please can you tell me how to get the saved doc completely wiped from the hard-drive, as I believe it to be taking up too much space now.

A simple answer would be most appreciated.

Many thanks...

[Ethel]

I can't believe a document would take up a lot of space.

However, open your documents folder, right click on the correct document and click delete.

Empty the trash can/recycle bin.

[mollykins]

go to my documents.

find the folder that it is in.

right click and a button will say delete. click it.

it will probably say are you sure. click yes.

open your recycle bin.

find the file and click delete on there aswell.

[ChuckFickens]

Just delete it (click on it once and press the delete key) and then make sure you empty the recycle bin (right click on the bin and select empty) and it will be wiped from your hard drive totally.

Though documents don't normally take up any significant amount of space.

[mollykins]

i was typing it at the same time you were ethel so i didnt see your reply.

[GEEMAC]

Don't forget to save it to the memory stick first! and check that it is on there and you can open it properly etc. But as Ethel said, I'd be very surprised if a simple document is taking up a lot of memory.

[GEEMAC]

Also, you could just 'drag & drop' which is a bit easier than 'copy and pasting'.

[Ethel]

No need to 'drag and drop' or 'copy and paste'.

Put the mem stick in the USB. Right click on the document and click 'send to'

The memory stick will show as a drive - click on that.

[squarebear]

Also make sure you have another copy of it somewhere away from the USB stick, as they are prone to failure and so you will lose your document.

[SiennaHughes]

Sorry, you can not copy any program on to your Memory or RAM Stick. Bute Make sure if you have keep any specicific name of your doc then you can just type first four letters and then search..

But By default all doc files and folders are save on to current user My Documents on your Desktop.

Please specify the name and then search and then wipe..


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[edward7897]

It is very important that Don't forget to save it to the memory stick first! and check that it is on there and you can open it properly etc. But as Ethel said, I'd be very surprised if a simple document is taking up a lot of memory.

[anotheoldgit]

Instead of just 'send to', I always find it safer to 'copy' to stick, check to see if it has been copied to it's destination ok, and then 'delete' the copy on your hard drive.