How do I copy videos and photos to my PC from my Phone?

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Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

I've got a Lumia 520 and upgraded it to win 8.1. If I connect it to my PC, I CANNOT view the pictures I took or videos that I recorded. Only sample photos. Camera roll is empty, so is the video folder. If I use the Windows Phone Sync app, I can see/get the videos. Is there a way to directly copy recorded videos and pictures from the internal memory of the phone, to the PC, using the simple explorer from Windows 7 or Windows XP? I still use XP on some on my machines, which is the best method to copy files, Windows Phone to PC???

Thank you.

 

[Ebaneeezor]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

I would have to say onedrive - but you can also share with files app or files&Folders pro. I haven't found a direct drag and drop feature, but the methods mentioned certainly work pretty easy

onedrive is as simple as moving the desired files to the desired location for retrieval

files&folder pro - you have to navigate to the folder that contains the desired content (press and hold content to transfer for selection menu to appear) and select share to, then select onedrive, outlook, messaging, Bluetooth, and or onenote

hope this helps

 

[Funky Cricket]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

I plug my 928 into my windows 8.1 and get all of the pictures/videos/music folders to copy move delete as I please.

 

[jmshub]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

I believe that from any Windows 7 or 8 PC, you should be able to see all media on the phone by simply mounting it in Windows Explorer. It's possible that it may not work with XP.

 

[primuxprimux]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

WP only support higher than xp

 

[Ahy Nonimous]

I just bought a song on xbox music. How do I copy it to OneDrive?

 

[Suicide Stacey]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

As for the pics and videos if its saved to SD card then select that file as its linked to the pc with the usb. Or you could just take the SD card out and put it in the pc if you have that option

 

[Ahy Nonimous]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

I have a Lumia Icon, so no SD card. I had a look at the "Files" app, but it's confusing to me. Can't seem to find the music file I bought through the "Music" app from Xbox music store in the "Files" app so that I can copy it to OneDrive. I don't want to have to connect my phone to a PC to download a file. Just want to put it on OneDrive so that I can get it down to any device from the cloud.

 

[AV2RY]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

WP only support higher than xp

That not true, my bro connects his 925 and browses all files he has on it

 

[ven07]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

That not true, my bro connects his 925 and browses all files he has on it

Yupp true, when my workplace still had xp I could also just plug in my Phone and browse through all of my pictures

 

[Suicide Stacey]

Re: Copy videos and photos to PC from Phone

Download files from the app store and that should give you more options