Problem Transferring files from Laptop to Tablet via USB or OneDrive

Hello - please bear with me as I am elderly. Can anyone help?
I have both a laptop and a new Tablet and both have latest version of Windows 10. I have set up my Tablet to look the same as my laptop but unlike in the past with other tablets my new one will not accept file transfers via USB from the laptop. When I connect the usb to both and to rt click on the files in my docs on the laptop and select 'send to' my tablet does not appear in the drop down list!

I tried another method using One Drive which I never understood. In One Drive on my laptop looking in the vault I could see all my docs which I wanted to transfer - great. So I then downloaded and opened One Drive on the new tablet but all there was in there were the docs/files I had accessed in the last week since I purchased the tablet!

I assumed that the two would match up? Someone suggested that my accounts did not match on each computer but I was asked to sign in on Microsoft on the tablet when setting up One Drive - is that correct? Don't know what account is on laptop as I always use Google. My email is the same as I only have one.

Any help you can give me will be appreciated. Thank you all.

Moggie

Thanks for quick reply Denis. What I have been doing is this:
Connecting the standard USB end of my lead into my laptop and the Micro end of the USB into my tablet. This is the lead I use for charging my Tablet.
There is only one micro port on the Tablet. Am I doing this wrong?
Moggie

Thanks Denis

Thanks for replying Try3
Yes I have a Dell Venue 8 Pro Tablet and it only has one port which is Micro and is used for charging the Tablet.
Regards
Moggie

If you have two windows 10 machines, you should be able to set up a PUBLIC folder in each machine. Then you can set the sharing options for those folders so that everyone on a home network can read, write, or modify files in that folder. You would then be able to find the other computer's folder in your NETWORK. I will say that there are enough steps to doing this, that you're likely going to need some help and follow some tutorials , and it can be a bit frustrating. But if you expect to be sharing files between these machines for a long time, it may be worth the headache. Once its done, you can put a link to the shared folders on the desktop of each machine, and easily drag files in on one machine, and out on the other.

However, if this is just an OCCASIONAL thing, a USB drive like other's have mentioned will be your best and easiest choice. You can plug USB drives (or small thumb-drives) into a machine, copy files to it, and move it to another machine for copying there.

So to summarize, the USB drive method involves more steps, because you have to move the USB drive from one machine to the other, but it requires a lot less setup because USB drives are pretty much "plug-and-play" devices. On the other hand, sharing folders between machines on the same in-house network (wired or Wi-Fi) takes a bit more setup, and can be frustrating to get right if you're new to doing it. (heck... its tough to find two tutorials explaining how to do it that explain it the same way!). But the advantage is that once its done, it becomes the easiest way to move data and files between machines, and you won't even have to remember where you put the thumb-drive!

Thanks Guru, Peter Pan and everyone. I have at last got itr working! It was indeed th fact tht although I signed in with MS on my new tablet I had always signed in 'local' on my laptop!

Have now changed the laptop to MS sign in and have managed to transfer my files!

Thanks again

Moggie