How to transfer photos from SD card to computer Windows 7

Importing pictures of products, services or advertisements to Windows Photo Gallery allows you to share them with clients and customers via email or social networking sites. When you plug an SD card into your computer, the PC recognizes it as a portable hard drive. This allows you to transfer photos to Windows Photo Gallery quickly and easily using an import wizard.

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When to transfer files from PC to SD card?
How to transfer/copy files from PC to SD card in Windows 7/8/10/11
Solution 1: Transfer files from PC to SD card by Cut/Copy and Paste
Solution 2: Copy files from PC to SD card using CMD
Solution 3: Transfer files from PC to SD card via a powerful freeware

Plug the SD card into the SD card slot on your PC and wait for the computer to recognize it as a portable hard drive. The SD card slot is located on the side or front of the computer, depending on whether you're using a desktop or laptop.
Click the "Start" button, and then click "Computer" to launch Windows Explorer. Locate your SD card's drive in the "Devices with Removable Storage" section to verify the computer detected it.
Click the "Start" button, type "Photo Gallery" in the search field, and then press "Enter" to launch Windows Photo Gallery.
Click the "Home" tab, and then click "Import Photos" to launch the "Import Photos and Videos" dialog box.
Select the SD card's drive and click the "Import" button. Click the "More Options" button if you want to select additional options such as a location to import the photos to, and formats for folders and file names.
Click the "Review, organize and group items to import" option to organize photos in groups, and include tags and names. Click the "Import all new items now" option to import all the new photos on the SD card. Click "Add tags," include one or more tags separated by semicolons, and then press "Enter."
Click "Import" to complete the process.

One of my client’s today did not know how to transfer photos from her computer to a SD Card so she could utilize her digital picture frame she received at Christmas. She was amazed and relieved at how simple the steps were once I walked her through the process.

This method works for transferring any type of file from your computer to an external drive like a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or a memory card like shown here.

Insert your memory card into the computer (or card reader…note too that newer digital cameras can act as a card reader as well)
Click Start –> My Computer
Double-click your memory card
Click Start –> My Pictures (Pictures in Vista and Windows 7)
Position the two windows side-by-side (see video below or click here for complete tutorial on using the title bar)
Drag photos from your Pictures folders to external drive (Learn how to select multiple files here or here.)

Watch the video to see this tip in action!

Wanna transfer/copy files from PC to SD card in Windows 7/8/10/11? Get efficient solutions from this page.

By @Lily Last Updated February 24, 2022

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When to transfer files from PC to SD card?

SD (Secure Digital) card is a non-volatile memory card format. With high memory capacity, fast data transfer rate, great mobility and good security, it is favored by plenty of people. It is commonly used in portable devices like mobile phones, music players, cameras and so on. You can store photos, music, movies and games on an SD card and transfer them easily. There are some occasions when you want to transfer files from PC to SD card:

Move needed files from PC to SD card so that you have access to those files everywhere without taking the computer with you.
Move rarely-used files from PC to SD card in order to release space on your computer hard drive.

You have learned the advantages of transferring files from PC to SD card. Then, how to do file transfer efficiently?

How to transfer/copy files from PC to SD card in Windows 7/8/10/11

I’m going to show you three different solutions to transfer files from PC to SD card in Windows 7. These solutions apply to Windows 11/10/8 as well. If you have a large number of files to be transferred, then Solution 3 is recommended.

Solution 1: Transfer files from PC to SD card by Cut/Copy and Paste

These are simply operations and are familiar to most computer users:

1. Connect the SD card to your computer and make sure it is detected.

2. Press “Win + E” to open “Computer”. Locate the files you want to move from your computer.

3. Cut/copy and paste the desired files from your computer to your SD card. You can also drag and drop items.

4. Safely disconnect your SD card.

Tips: If you use “Cut and Paste” method, the files you choose will only be saved on your SD card, thus releasing space on the local disk; if you use “Copy and Paste” method, you will get a duplicate of chosen files, thus keeping a backup on your computer.

Although it seems easy, it will be a tough work to transfer a large number of files by “Cut/Copy and Paste”, especially when the files are located in different folders.

Solution 2: Copy files from PC to SD card using CMD

Some users prefer Command Prompt operations. Follow the guidance below:

1. Connect the SD card to your computer and make sure it is detected.

2. Press “Win + R” to open the Run dialogue. Type cmd and press Enter or click “OK” to open Command Prompt.

3. Type cd c:\Pictures and press Enter. “c:\Pictures” indicates the location of the files to be transferred.

4. Type copy tulips.jpg f: and press Enter. “tulips.jpg” indicates the file name with file extension and “f:” is the drive letter of the SD card.

Tips: • To transfer more than one file, you can repeat the “copy” command. • If there are spaces in the file's name, you need to put quotation marks around them. For example, a file named "tulips in spring.jpg" would be tulips" "in" "spring.jpg in Command Prompt.

5. Type exit and press Enter to exit Command Prompt. Safely disconnect your SD card.

Solution 3: Transfer files from PC to SD card via a powerful freeware

AOMEI Backupper Standard, the best free backup software for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP, can help you with fast file transfer from PC to SD card. It offers you multiple practical features:

✧ Backup and Restore: Create an image file for the operating system, disk, partition, or files and restore the backup image whenever you need. ✧ Sync: Synchronize files or folders from one place to another. ✧ Clone: Make a duplicate of a disk or a partition, such as clone NTFS drive.

Learn how to transfer files from PC to SD card using the “Sync” functionality in AOMEI Backupper below:

Step 1. Connect the SD card to your computer and make sure it is detected. Download, install and launch AOMEI Backupper.

Step 2. Click “Sync” on the left pane, and select “Basic Sync”.

Step 3. Click “Add Folder” to select the folder(s) you want to transfer from PC to SD card.

Step 4. Click to select the SD card as destination location.

Step 5. Click on “Start Sync” button to perform the operation. When the sync process is complete, safely disconnect your SD card.

✎ Notes:

If you want to run regular file transfer from PC to SD card, you may resort to the “Schedule” feature. As for “Real-time Sync”, please upgrade to higher editions of AOMEI Backupper.
“Sync” is a folder level data transfer. If you want to transfer files without folders, you can do “File Backup” in AOMEI Backupper and then restore the backup image to your SD card.

Summary

Now you know how to transfer files from PC to SD card in Windows 7/8/10/11 efficiently. Compared to “Cut/Copy and Paste” and Command Prompt, AOMEI Backupper provides you with a faster way to do file transfer. What’s more, it can help you solve the problem that cloned to new computer Windows 7 won’t boot and it works as CompactFlash card copier if you own a CompactFlash card. Give AOMEI Backupper a try and you will be surprised by all the wonderful features it has!

Article ID : 00024676 / Last Modified : 03/01/2022

Follow these steps to transfer pictures from the memory card of your camera to your computer.

Note: The steps in this article are for a computer using Microsoft® Windows® operating system.

Copy photos manually:

On your computer, click Start.
Click Computer.
Click on the icon of the drive that represents your memory card.
Click on the DCIM folder.
Click the 100MSDCF folder.
- The number of the picture folder may vary but always ends with MSDCF.
Select the photos you want to copy.
Use your mouse to drag and drop the photos to the desktop or another folder in your computer.