Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video will show you how to copy even large files to your Raspberry Pi from Windows, and from the Pi to Windows.
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First, go on your Raspberry Pi, open the terminal, and type in ifconfig and hit enter. This will give you a list of the network interfaces, and their IP addresses. Find the interface you are using (likely eth0 for wired, wlan0 for wireless) and write down the IP address.
Then in the terminal, type sudo raspi-config and hit enter. Then go down to interfacing options, and hit enter. Then scroll to SSH and hit enter, and arrow to yes, and hit enter one more time. Then just go to finish to go back to the terminal.
Then go to your windows computer, and download winscp. You can get this from ninite.com
Open winscp, and put in the Raspberry Pi IP address in the hostname, and the Raspberry Pi username and password. Because you have enabled SSH, it is highly recommended to change the password from the default pi/raspberry.
Next just hit login, and it will take you to a Window with two file structures. The one on the left is Windows, and the one on the right is the Pi. Simply navigate to the file you want to transfer, and then drag it to where you want it to copy on the other side, and it will copy it over. Large files may take a few minutes, but overall the process should be very fast.
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This video will show you how to copy even large files to your Raspberry Pi from Windows, and from the Pi to Windows.
I am using the Raspberry Pi 3B+: amzn.to/2Tnsc0l and recommend using a 2.5A minimum power supply, such as: amzn.to/2G0wcku I usually use whatever SD cards I can get cheaply, but recommend minimum 8GB and class 10, here's an example of a good cheap option: amzn.to/2MHJkvb If you need recommendations for good compatible Pi hardware just leave a comment below.
First, go on your Raspberry Pi, open the terminal, and type in ifconfig and hit enter. This will give you a list of the network interfaces, and their IP addresses. Find the interface you are using (likely eth0 for wired, wlan0 for wireless) and write down the IP address.
Then in the terminal, type sudo raspi-config and hit enter. Then go down to interfacing options, and hit enter. Then scroll to SSH and hit enter, and arrow to yes, and hit enter one more time. Then just go to finish to go back to the terminal.
Then go to your windows computer, and download winscp. You can get this from ninite.com
Open winscp, and put in the Raspberry Pi IP address in the hostname, and the Raspberry Pi username and password. Because you have enabled SSH, it is highly recommended to change the password from the default pi/raspberry.
Next just hit login, and it will take you to a Window with two file structures. The one on the left is Windows, and the one on the right is the Pi. Simply navigate to the file you want to transfer, and then drag it to where you want it to copy on the other side, and it will copy it over. Large files may take a few minutes, but overall the process should be very fast.
Check out my facebook at: facebook.com/pages/All-How-2s/198429346974010
or my twitter: twitter.com/AllHow2s
Or my website where I have a lot of other great tutorials (such as how to take a screenshot, or how to get the start button back on Windows 8): allhow2s.com
