Drag n Drop across drives


  1. Posts : 22
    Win 7
       #1

    Drag n Drop across drives


    I have a 1 Tb internal HDD and my old 500 Gb WD Ext HDD. Recently I moved some of my folders from the Ext Drive to the Internal Drive. That was when I noticed that Win 7 allows Drag n Drop [MOVE] within the same drive, but Drag n Drop becomes [COPY] across different drives. I know this is really not a huge issue but I'd like to know if there's some way I can Drag n Drop [MOVE] files across different drives.
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  2. Posts : 1,261
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit SP1
       #2

    justalogin said:
    I have a 1 Tb internal HDD and my old 500 Gb WD Ext HDD. Recently I moved some of my folders from the Ext Drive to the Internal Drive. That was when I noticed that Win 7 allows Drag n Drop [MOVE] within the same drive, but Drag n Drop becomes [COPY] across different drives. I know this is really not a huge issue but I'd like to know if there's some way I can Drag n Drop [MOVE] files across different drives.
    There are two options available to you:
    1. Do the drag operation as normal with the left-button, but just before you release the mouse at the target location, press and hold the <SHIFT> key.
    2. Use the right-button to perform the drag. When you release the mouse button at the target location, you will be presented with a menu from which you can choose "Move Here", "Copy Here", "Create Shortcut Here" or "Cancel".
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  3. Posts : 22
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank You Dzomlija. You solved my problem
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  4. Posts : 121
    Windows 7 Ultimatum
       #4

    Also Drag n drop. Delete original.
    Simples No?
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