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Paul Andrew
Paul Andrew

Reputation: 3253

Transfer files from a USB stick to Windows 10 IoT Core local storage

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running Windows 10 IoT Core. How can I copy files from a USB stick connected to the device to the local SD card storage? Is this possible using PowerShell?

Ideally I want to do this without the need for a UWP app running on the device and any interaction via a local GUI.

Currently when the device is running its default app and I insert a USB stick nothing happens like it does on a desktop edition of Windows 10.

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To further clarify I also don't want to navigate to the devices storage via a UNC path copying files between network locations. The files have to be sourced from the USB stick.

Thanks

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Answers (1)

Paul Andrew
Paul Andrew

Reputation: 3253

You can definitely use PowerShell for this.

Firstly I would use the IoT Dashboard to open a new PowerShell remote management session to my Windows IoT device.

Insert the USB stick if it isn't already.

Then use the following PowerShell command to review the devices local drivers.

gdr -PSProvider 'FileSystem'

This will return a list of all drives attached. Like below.

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Note; drives C, D and U are used by the device and system.

Then use a XCOPY in the PowerShell session once you know the drive letter your USB stick has been assigned. Eg. E above.

XCOPY E:\ C:\Data\FromUSB\

This will copy everything from the root of the USB stick to a folder on the devices SD card called 'FromUSB' in the Data parent directory.

Note; creating custom folder on the root of the C drive may not appear to some UI's.

Hope this helps.

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