Setting Up Your Storage Card As Internal Storage; Moving Apps And Data Between The Built-In Storage And Storage Card - HTC Desire 19s User Manual

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Setting up your storage card as internal storage

When you insert a storage card that has not been used on HTC Desire 19s before, the card will be
mounted as removable storage by default. If the storage card is new or doesn't have content you
want to keep, you can format it as internal storage for HTC Desire 19s.
§ See Should I use the storage card as removable or internal storage?
differences between using the storage card as removable storage or internal storage.
§ If there are still files on the storage card, back up the files first before you format the card.
1. From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings Storage.
2. Under Portable storage, tap
3. Tap Format as internal Format SD card.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to move your installed apps and their data from the built-in
storage to the storage card.
If you no longer want to use your storage card as internal storage, you can reformat the card as
removable storage. Before you do so, make sure to move all the apps and data from the card back
to the built-in storage. See
on page 80.
Moving apps and data between the built-in storage and
storage card
If you've set up your storage card as internal storage, you can move third-party apps that you
installed and their data such as photos, media, and downloaded files to the storage card to free up
storage space.
If you no longer want to use your storage card as internal storage, make sure to move all the apps
and data from the card back to the built-in storage.
1. From the Home screen, swipe up and then tap Settings Storage.
2. Tap the name of your storage card if you're moving app data from the built-in storage to the
card, or tap Internal storage if you're moving data from the storage card back to the built-in
storage.
3. Tap Migrate data.
4. Tap Move content.
§ Screenshots will also be migrated.
§ When you have new photos, videos, screenshots, or downloaded files after the migration, they
will be saved to the new storage location.
next to the storage card name.

Moving apps and data between the built-in storage and storage card

on page 79 to find out the