Copying

[jennyjoan]

I have been given a little video tape of my deceased nephew onto my Outlook but I want or need to copy it in a safer place. I don't want to lose it. Any suggestions please.

[Bobbisox1]

Hi JJ, there’s plenty of copying programmes out there, could you ask around if someone has one?

[jennyjoan]

thanks Bobbs - no I was really wanting to just keep it in Outlook and to bring it to the "top" of my list per se.

It was taken in his school about 3 years before he died and he looks so happy.

How to do you copy rather than move it to say Archive folder

[Bobbisox1]

Oh I’m not too sure, hopefully Chris or another techy might advise

[Buenchico]

When you write "I have been given a lttle video tape", I assume that someone else has already converted it into digital format (if necesaary) and sent it to you by email (based upon your reference to Outlook). i.e. you've not actually been given a physical videotape (like the sort that people used to push into the slots at the front of video recorders, or a small version of the same sort of thing).

If you're using the ***program*** called Outlook, follow the instruction here (if you've not already done so) to save the email attachment to your chosen location on your computer's hard drive:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/open-or-save-attachments-92f87f3f-1085-425a-87f6-08d43c19b43d

If you're using the ***website*** called Outlook (i.e. Outlook.com), follow the instructions here instead:
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000836.htm
(Scroll down to 'Outlook.com')

Once you've saved the file to your hard drive, you can make a back-up copy on a USB memory stick as follows:

1. Insert the memory stick into a USB port.

2. When a dialogue box opens, choose 'Open folder to view files'.

3. [Optional] If you want to put the video file into its own folder, click on 'New Folder', give the folder a name, hit 'Enter' to complete the naming and then hit 'Enter' again to open that folder].

4. If necessary, resize the window, so that it only takes up part of your screen. (Drag the edges).

5. Go to the location of the video file (such as 'Videos', 'Documents' or wherever you stored it), so that you've now got two windows open side-by-side. (If necessary, resize the second window so that you can see both windows at the same time).

6. Now 'drag and drop' the file from one window to another. You'll then have a back-up copy on the memory stick, which you can store in a safe place.

[jennyjoan]

thanks Chris - I'll look at your post tomorrow and also will look for a memory stick, I won't worry too much if I do lose it as my other nephews have copies.