can i use it to retrieve photos from my windows 8 laptop
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If you mean can you transfer files (including photos) from your laptop to the drive, yes you can. I bought this flash drive because it was inexpensive, but it's not the best performing drive. If you want fast transfers the Sandisk Extreme flash drives provide a better option.
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Most welcome. You might consider getting the 64 GB version of this drive instead of the 16 GB. It will give you a lot more flexibility, and at $24.99 you'll be paying 39 cents/GB instead of 63 cents/GB for the 16 GB drive. Just a thought.
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Yes you can...it functions as any other thumb drive. But do some research while you're shopping for this particular brand or any other brand so you can educate yourself on how this product will work i.e. if it comes with additional software for formatting purposes. That's what I did... researched & educated myself about the product before i've bought it.
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You can use it same as any other flash drive, including downloading photos from any laptop with a USB port. Because this drive is USB 3.0, downloading from your laptop will be faster than with older USB 2.0 flash drives.
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Yes. Typical USB thumb drive. I've used it on my PC, laptop, and other peoples equipment as well. Plug it in and it will load software automatically so it can run on your laptop. Wait for that to finish and it will be ready. Pop up should appear saying something like "View files" or whatever the standard saying is. Or you can click Start and then Computer and you will see a list of all your drives. When it is ready (when the computer recognizes it) it will be available to open and load files on it.
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Yes you can use it with Windows 8/8.1. Actually, you can use it with anything that supports USB drives. It will operate fastest with an USB 3.0 port, but is backward compatible with USB 2.0. It would probably even work with USB 1.1.
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As far as I know it will work. If Win8 supports external drives, then it will work.
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Yes, you need to install the software, then right click "pixpo" icon, select compatible mode; then it will work with Windows 8.
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I would think you could retrive files from the hard drive to your laptop so long as the hard drive itself is not corrupted. There is a difference between a corrupted Windows system and a corrupted drive. But this kind of apparatus is so inexpensive that would make it a good bet to try. That's what I did and it worked fine.
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It cannot be used as a stand alone, it has to be connected using USB. Also, it doesn't convert negatives...only photos. Please note, there are no drivers available for Windows 7 or 8, the last OS supported is Windows XP.
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You need to check with Sandisk. I do not have any computers with Windows 8. Sorry.
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Yes, you can use it for your windows laptop, but you need format it by exFAT
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I don't have Windows 8 but a quick search using Google shows it is compatible....
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I'm not sure I don't have Windows 8. You can however try the numarks website.
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I used two programs from LapLink to do this. It worked just fine:www.laplink.com/index.php/individuals/pcmover-for-windows-8/image-assistant
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Take, this possible solution.http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/restore-windows-8-with-system-image-recovery/
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I don't know, I use it with my Chromebook laptop. Don't have Windows 8 on that. Sorry
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Probably not since the description does not include Windows 8, but then windows 8 didn't exist when this device came on the market. It is a plug-n-play device, so you could always try it.
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Yes it no problems with windows 8. Just plug it into your powered USB 2.0 port, the driver will be installed, and you can start reading and writing disks in no time. No power source needed, it is USB powered
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I think you can do that. But the Windows 8.1 require a flash drive with 24 GB memory.
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In short, yes. I purchased this to use for that very reason. I needed to pull files from my father's HP after the power supply fried the motherboard. Also used it to pull files from a hard drive that my brother had formatted on accident. I used specialty software for that, windows explorer wasn't good enough alone. If you have a working drive, that is not partially formatted, then all you need is this device. If it has been corrupted, you MAY need specialty software. I used a free program after googling. But in my experiences, Windows File Explorer has been more than sufficient.