# Can’t move data from XP to Android **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328 "2011-02-06T00:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/1 "2011-02-06T00:14:02Z")
Ummm… I’m just trying to copy a picture from my XP computer to my wife’s new Android phone. A Motorala R2D2. Windows explorer sees the phone, but I cannot create a new folder or move the image. I get the error “Files on this CD-ROM drive are read only” Ehhh? I can’t write to this phone from XP? That can’t be right, can it? Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/2 "2011-02-06T00:34:25Z")
check you’ve got the right volume. IME phones (esp. Android phones) mount two or three drives when you plug them in, one presents as a CD drive and has the carrier or phone manufacturer’s drivers/software on it and is read-only. the other(s) is/are the phone’s actual storage. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/3 "2011-02-06T00:40:20Z")
Emailing the photo might be the simplest way. Do you have an SD card installed? I think that is needed. Try this [link](http://www.androidcentral.com/android-101-copy-files-your-storage-card-windows). ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/4 "2011-02-06T00:46:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Do you have an SD card installed? I think that is needed. I think, like the Droid 2, it has 8GB onboard and an 8GB microSD card default. so it’ll most likely mount 3 drives when connected to a computer. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/5 "2011-02-06T00:57:43Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > check you’ve got the right volume. IME phones (esp. Android phones) mount two or three drives when you plug them in, one presents as a CD drive and has the carrier or phone manufacturer’s drivers/software on it and is read-only. the other(s) is/are the phone’s actual storage. I gbet that is it, my Wife is away for a few hours, but I will try that. I suspect that I did not go deep enough into the phone. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/6 "2011-02-06T09:00:23Z")
Odd. The Droid X doesn’t even bother mounting the system partition. It just maps internal and external storage. You may also want a program called [Android Manager Wifi](http://global.mobileaction.com/product/product_AM.jsp), which, as the name implies, allows you to use your Wifi connection to transfer files and stuff. I found it much easier than of the other options. ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/7 "2011-02-06T10:50:04Z")
Get [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/), it makes a folder on your computer that syncs with the cloud and you can access easily from your phone. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-t-move-data-from-xp-to-android/570328/8 "2011-02-06T14:01:54Z")
> [@Juggler](#): > > Get [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/), it makes a folder on your computer that syncs with the cloud and you can access easily from your phone. I’ll look into that. Anyway, I did figure it out. It gets mapped as two drives. At first I did not see that and the drive I was trying to open was read only. The other ‘drive’ has all the system folders and such. I’ll be getting a droid in a few months. That will give me some more time to mess around with it (my Wife is very busy and I really don’t have access to her phone)