USB drives have become commonplace for students these days and the ability to be able to help them access their data has become very important.
The following are some tips and tricks for dealing with USB drives and our computers.
- Many USB drives will not fit properly in the front USB port of the InfoCommons computer. To make sure they have a good connection, use the USB ports in the back of the computer.
- If the USB drive is not detecting properly, restart the computer. Many times that will fix an array of problems caused by previous students.
- If a student is trying to open a file from the USB Drive and it cannot, try copying the file to the desktop. Then try and open the file.
- Some WordPerfect files (those with the .WPS extension) cannot seem to be opened by WordPerfect program on our computers.
- To get around this copy the file to the Desktop and then right click on it.
- From the menu that appears click, choose Open With.
- Then Choose Microsoft Office Word, this should then open the file.
- If Microsoft Office Word is not on the list, click on Choose Program to find it from a list of programs.
