One more question. Now that I have transfered the files and photos to the new computer, they show up half bright, I guess as hidden files do. This makes it annoying and difficult to see when looking at photo thumbnails. Do you know if there is a way I can get them to show up normally?
I didn't reformat. Just pluged it in as received from the factory. The HP is brand new and has 1 TB of storage, so there is plenty of room. I'll try your suggestions. Thanks!
I used the drag and drop method to copy the files. Under "My computer" on the windows 7 machine. The "My Book" external hard drive shows up and shows 426 GB free of 930GB. Same with the PNY jump drive.
I just tried them in another XP machine and they open. I tried them in a laptop with windows 7 and they don't show up. Same result as the new all in one.
I have files backed up on a WD My Book external hard drive from my XP computer. When I plug in the USB in my new HP Touchsmart, it opens the jump drive, but says the folder is empty. I also have files on my PNY jump drive from the XP and another Vista computer. It opens the...