[Flashorn]

OK Adama, I will finish what the explanation.

Now, to close the folder, that is done the same way you would close any other other folder.

To REMOVE the USB KEY this is where you have to pay special attention.You DON"T just pull

on it to remove from the notebook.

You first have to right click on the little icon in the Notification Area ( The Clock )

This is what you will see:

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O nce you have right clicked on the usb icon with the green Circle and White ckeck mark

this little banner will appear. You now click on the banner with the message.Next

you will see a last message appear in the middle of the desktop:

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Click on the OK and then remove the USB KEY. There should be another

sound (dull) coming from Windows acknowldging that you did remove the

Flashdrive .



And there you are Adama, easy as pie.





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[Flashorn]

Hey smax!!



You are getting Picky again!

This was simply to show the different offerings that would fit in a USB PORT.



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[Adama]

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Thank you for all that great information. I'm going to print it all and show them all to my friend. She always laughs at me and says that ever since I got a computer all I do is talk to my friends at PCWorld!

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It's still up to her how she wants to handle it, but if it was up to me I'd certainly use a Flashdrive.

Thanks so very much for all of your help. I will keep you guys informed.

[mjd420nova]

The only foolproof way to do this file transfer is to try it. There are so many variables involved that there really isn't a hard and fast answer. I have seen so many incompatablities between WINXP and Vista that I'm afraid to say yes or no and be wrong. This also applies to USB devices to, as in flash drives and external drives. Just too many differences in the OS to make a real determination. You'll just have to try it and see.

[Adama]

That's a really good point, MJD. I just told my friend, and she's going to copy just one document to her Flashdrive and then I'm going to hook it up to my computer, see how that works.

[rgreen4]

Adama - I have a flash drive that I have carried in my pocket so long that the logo is all but worn off. I have used it in Vista, XP and Windows 2000 at work.

I have used it to carry personal and other information that I wanted available, yet did not want on the company network. When you plug it into your machine, it will treat the flash drive as just another drive.

[smax013]

Flashorn said:

Hey smax!!





You are getting Picky again!


This was simply to show the different offerings that would fit in a USB PORT.






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Picky? Who me? Really? Nah! Don't know what you are talking about!



Now, to be picky again, if you are trying to show the different offerings that would fit in a USB port, then you forgot a lot. There are USB card readers, externally powered external USB hard drives, external USB floppy drives, external USB optical drives, USB Zip and similar type drives, etc. And that is just the external storage device offerings. You also have printers, scanners, network adapters, etc that all fit USB ports. !http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
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Oh, no...as Britney would say...ops, I did it again! ...be picky that is (I don't think I would do what Britney does)



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[smax013]

mjd420nova said:

The only foolproof way to do this file transfer is to try it. There are so many variables involved that there really isn't a hard and fast answer. I have seen so many incompatablities between WINXP and Vista that I'm afraid to say yes or no and be wrong. This also applies to USB devices to, as in flash drives and external drives. Just too many differences in the OS to make a real determination. You'll just have to try it and see.

In general, flash/thumb drives (and I am not talking about drives that [~60096] owns :^0 ) will work with any modern OS without any drive and you should have zero problems...as long as you disconnect them properly (i.e. DO NOT just yank it out, but follow the excellent instructions that [~60096] provided). This includes the likes of Win 2000, Win XP, Win Vista and the Mac OS. Don't know about Linux. Win 98 requires a driver typically from the flash drive manufacturer. I believe that is also true of Win Me, but don't recall.



If you have a flash drive that does NOT work with the likes of Win XP or Vista by just plugging it in, then most likely something is wrong with the drive or the USB port or computer.

[rtfire1]

my bro has used his us bought 2gb flash drive around the world in macs windows 2000 vist xp and i think even me also on macs when he has to. he keeps it on his key ring. I don't know why they don't lock there doors where he lives and he rides his mt bike to work every day even in the little snow they get. but back to the point his little thumb drive has taken a good beating and he has had no issues, its been in over 6 good bike crashs.