Will the computer assign a drive letter to this reader, or will it be recognized as a portable storage device?
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Dear Miriam,This will depend on the cf card you are using, not the cf reader. If you are using an "industrial" cf card that supports "fixed disk" mode, you will be able to assign a drive letter to the cf card as a permanent data storage device.If you are using a cf card that doesn't support fixed disk mode, the cf card will be recognized as a portable storage device.In either case, a drive letter will be associated with the cf card.Kind Regards,Spotlight Media
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My computer automatically recognized the PixelFlash but would not read the compact flash card--the item did not work. Have not had the time/chance to contact Amazon for assist.
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I have a card reader in my laptop, which makes it very easy, buy I would assume that once u plug the camera cord into the computer it would read it as anoyher drive and you could easily drag and drop them or copy and paste them into a folder of your choice.
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Yes, but not automatically. Drive is hardware encrypted, so you first have to decrypt the drive to gain access. Thereafter, it works like any flash drive.
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Yes, but accessing the data will depend on how the drive is formatted. I think (you'll have to check) the drive comes formatted in NTSF. For use with both PC and Mac, you'll have to re-format the drive in something like FAT 23. Both Mac and PC should recognize the drive, but FAT 23 has file size limitations.
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Windows 8 would detect this model as an external drive - however you would need lightscribe software for windows 8
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No reason why it wouldn't. You can format it for the file system of your choice from within your OS.
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Unfortunately, I have never attached an external drive to this device. What I did attach is an air mouse and it powered it easily. I assume it will be able to read an external storage device as this is a media player. Hope this helps.
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mine reads usb drives and external mouse...I'm sure it will read your external HD
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as far as I can tell you, yes, I have connected the unit to the computer and then the PCMCIA card inserted in the slot and the pc will read the information from an external drive and you can handle all the info as if you were using a USB stick.
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I bought for something other than a Pc, so I'm not sure. What operating system? I recently had to learn a trick to get my PC to assign the drive. It saw it, but did nothing with it until I took a certain step.
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It acts as a flash drive when connected via a USB cable; so as long as you can connect via USB your will be OK.
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As long as your computer equipment has the appropriate usb driver program installed (most do) it should work. A more pressing concern might be whether or not you choose to password protect or encrypt the files to prevent loss of privacy in the event the drive is lost or stolen. I haven't personally explored this function on the drive.
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There are two cords to this. One is for data being sent between the computer and the disk and the other is to give the reader power. I have used this drive with out the power cord and it worked for me. Your computer has to have powered USB ports and there has to be enough power for one cord to power the reader. Most laptops built in the past several years have enough power delivered to the USB ports that this will work. But if you are worried about lack of ports you can use a USB hub.
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i have never tried it, but i know for sure it supports a flash drive...technically it should will confirm and return with a response
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I would think so. Each drive is seen independently by the system and can be assigned a drive letter. I have done it without issues on the very similar docking station, from the same company
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I put in a drive with data on it and windows wouldn't recognize it unless I formatted it first. Works fine after formatting, but I had to backup all of my data before using the drive.
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It is a network storage device. Windows should be able to see it over the network, and you should be able to map a drive to it.