Can I transfer files from my computer properly without installing the software that comes with this device like a flash drive?
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Absolutely, no software is required. Plug and play, it acts just like a thumb drive or a DVD it's simply a storage device.
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Yes - right out of the box for windows. With Linux you'll need to re-partition the drive. The process in detailed in my review. Hope this is helpful.
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Nope. I tried but it's like placing a flash drive in your computer, it's its own thing. I'm sure if you ask online it will show you how to.
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You do not need the software. But you do need the driver "only" during install select drive only. In your case have soneone copy the disc to a memory chip. etc.
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If it's a external hard drive, you cannot because there's not enough power running through the device. But thumb drives and flash drives work fine but beware that they transfer very slowly
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no.... it requires a wire from your computer. you could use a USB thumbdrive for no wires.
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No, unfortunately not. An external drive is pretty cheap. I bought one when I bought the computer.
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You will always need the computer to transfer whatever you want. The only direct way is with the voice recorder, and I know that is not what you meant by direct.
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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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I copied the disk contents on a USB stick from a work system. You may want to do the same.
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No special program is needed. As just other individuals mentioned, you just plug it in with cambe to USB port and get the files using Windows Explorer.
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NO you have to connect to your computer via USB to find your folders to upload & download from.
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You just plug it and open the file explorer. In there you can access the flash drive.
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No special program is needed for transferring data files due to the connection with the computer via USB cable ( type Micro-B, not as usual as Mini B ) you. If an external 32 GB micro SDHC card is in use, it could take long time in order to transfer the whole content.
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Yes, Kevin... It is a plug & play device. It comes with its own USB cable, so all you have to do is plug it into the USB port of your computer and drag and drop files from one to the other. Best, Gene
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No. but one way that I've done this is to use an inexpensive external hard drive enclosure. You want to make sure that the one you buy will work with your drive. You just slip your hard drive into the enclosure and attach the usb cable from the enclosure to your computer. The drive will show up on your computer and then you can transfer files.
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I didn't need any disk. Just followed the instructions, plugged it in, and transferred my files.
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No. Simply plug in the drive and start copying files. It may be necessary to reformat the drive depending on your preferred file system (I reformat to "HFS+" for my Mac), but you absolutely do not to install software to use this. I believe both Judith and Vitalino are speaking of device drivers (on a Windows system), rather than the software included with the drive.