How to Transfer Your Digital Photos from One Computer to Another

Written by: Rhonda Callow • Edited by: Rhonda Callow
Updated Sep 16, 2009 • Related Guides: Usb Flash Drive | Windows Easy Transfer

So, you have your digital photos all nicely stored away on your computer, but now for whatever reason, you need to transfer them to another computer. How do you do this? This series will provide you with five different ways to do this, providing step-by-step instructions.

Introduction

This is the introduction to a 6 part article series on how to transfer your digital photos from one computer to another.

You might be completely clueless, or you could just be looking for an alternative way of transferring your photos to another computer. There are several ways to do this. This series will cover the 5 most common ways to transfer photos from one computer to another, giving step-by-step detailed instructions to help you along. The methods covered are:

Email Transfer

USB Flash Drive Transfer

Uploading to Photo Sharing Websites

Burning to CD or DVD

Windows Easy Transfer

Transferring Photos Via Email

Probably the easiest and cheapest way to transfer photos, but not necessarily the best option. Why? To find out, and to learn step-by-step instructions on how to Email photos, please read Transferring Photos Via Email.

Transferring Photos Via USB Flash Drive

A USB flash drive - also known as USB drive, pen drive, thumb drive, key drive or jump drive - is a great way to transfer photos from one computer to another. Using a Flash Drive can be better than email, or burning to CD or DVD. To learn all about it, please read Transferring Photos Via USB Flash Drive.

Uploading Your Digital Photos to Photo Sharing Websites

What are the pros and cons of uploading your photos to a photo sharing website as a methods of transferring your digital photos from one computer to another? What are some of the more popular photo sharing websites? Visit Transferring Photos Via Uploading to Photo Sharing Websites to learn all about it.

Burning Your Photos to CD or DVD as a Transfer Method

Yet another popular way to transfer your photos to another computer that is fairly quick and painless. Is this your best option? Read Transferring Photos Via Burning to CD or DVD to learn more.

Transferring Photos with Windows Easy Transfer

The name says it all. If your new computer is running Windows Vista, this is probably the best way to transfer your digital photos from the old computer to the new. To learn more, visit Transferring Photos with Windows Easy Transfer.

Andre Feb 28, 2011 5:50 AM

photo disasters

Please help. I have transfer photos from 1 comp to another. Now when i go into file i see the thumbnail but when i open it it is full of stripes/distorted or un readable. Originals not available anymore. Can it be restored as there is date in thubnail. What program.

Irene Nov 15, 2010 2:27 PM

RE: How to Transfer Your Digital Photos from One Computer to Another

I haven't a set up a network
but I want to transfer about 2000 pictures from one computer(windows xp )to another with (windows xp) so I can download them to cds or dvds . I have two harddrives so have quite a bit of room for storeage.

Densey Kell Nov 2, 2010 2:24 PM

transferring photos to a CD

I have about 500 photos on my computer. I want to transfer them to a CD, how do I do that? On my tower I have DVD-ROM which I can open and I also have CD-
Writer, which will NOT open unless I fiddle with it and open it, why is that? HELP. I do not want to lose my photos, which I had transferred from slides, on my computer.

Donna Mar 29, 2010 9:11 AM

transfer photos

I am getting a new computer and I want to save my photos on old computer and transfer to new.

How?

RICK Mar 13, 2010 11:43 AM

Saving photos

I am in the process of editing approx. 10GB of family photos. I want to copy them to a 16GB flash drive to ensure I don't lose what I have on my hard drive in case of a big disaster with a crash.
Can I copy them to a flash drive and when I am done editing all of them, copy more or over what I put on the flash drive today? I guess what I am asking is it possible to rewrite to a flash drive if it is not completely full?