Transferring files from one WD external harddrive to a new one

When I plugged my new WD MY Book (discovery)…it prompted me to register the product but the registration screen was blank.

Also how do I use my old WD My book as a source to transfer files to this new hard drive?

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Hi @RSuher,

Please refer to the article How to move or copy files from one hard drive to another in Windows:
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18911

Please refer to the article How to copy or move files or folders to a different hard drive on a Mac:
https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11254

Transferring files from one hard drive to another is a simple way of sharing files and more. Portable hard drives vary in size; therefore, some drives are better suited for storing large media files such as videos and animations.

Step 1: Plug Your WD My Passport into your Mac with its USB cable.

Step 2: Double click on the drive icon to open a finder window

Step 3: Open a finder window on your Mac and find the files you want to transfer.

Step 4: Drag the file or folder you want over onto your passport drive.

Step 5: Right click on your WD drive to eject when you’re finished.
or

Plug in your My Passport’s USB cable …

1. Go to the files you want to move on your Mac.

Open up a finder window and click through to the files on your Mac.

2. Open Another finder window on your WD external hard drive.

Double click on the drive icon on your Mac’s desktop to open a finder window.
Now you have both windows open. Move the windows so that they are side by side. Or so you can see both easily.

3. Click to highlight the files you want to Move.

Click on the first one and then hold down your shift key to pick all the files you want. You can click on the last file in the list to highlight from the first to the last.

Or create a selection by clicking and dragging your cursor across all the files you want to pick.

When you’ve highlighted all the files you want transfer.

4. Click and hold down your cursor key over the highlighted files.

And while you hold down the key move your cursor over to the finder window of your My Passport drive. Lift off your cursor key to drop – transfer files – to your My Passport.

5. Watch as your files transfer to your My Passport.

And when you’re moving a lot of files. Or if those files are large then it could take a while to transfer from your Mac to your My Passport.

Your Mac shows you the progress of your transfer to your external hard drive. And you’ll need to wait till it’s done.

6. Do a quick check over your files.

And if you’re happy it’s all your files are over on your external USB drive. Then you can delete those files off your Mac’s internal drive. And use them on your WD portable external hard drive.

If they are important files. Just make sure the only copy of your files isn’t only on one WD Passport drive.

Best to have 2 and make a backup copy of the external drive and its files and folders.