Back Up Sd Card?

[netibiza]

How do I back up my sd card on Samsung galaxy tab A, it wants to format it and says I should back it up before. Thank you!

[woofgang]

Neti, have you got something to back it up onto...eg a laptop or tablet?

[netibiza]

It's on the tablet, I do have a laptop, how do I do it, sounds difficult! I don't even know what's on the sd card, if it's me dancing at Pacha then I want to keep the videos!

[woofgang]

does the laptop have an sd card slot?

[netibiza]

Yes with an adapter, but if I take it out of tablet, and there seems no way of unmounting it first, I'll lose it all anyway, won't I?

[woofgang]

you shouldn’t do....turn the tablet off first but if there is anything really precious on it can you email it to yourself first?

[hc4361]

The SD card will be fine if you take it out of your tablet.
Put in your SD card reader and, assuming your laptop is Windows, you should get the notification box asking what you want to do with the SD card.
Choose to open and you will see your files. Delete the ones you don't want, and drag and drop the ones you do want to keep to the appropriate place - documents, photos, videos, wherever you choose, on your hard drive.

Alternatively, create a folder on your hard drive and copy all from the SD card to the folder.

It really is no different to saving, deleting, copying, moving any other file on your system

[netibiza]

Thank you will have a bash. "Create a folder he says, " I don't know how too! And I do not know what is on sd card, so,will put it into laptop, thank you both very much!

[hc4361]

Do you know how to use Windows Explorer? Called File Explorer in some versions of Windows.

To make a new folder on your Desktop, right click on an empty area and click New - Folder. Name it and it's done