Does the software have to be installed in order to run? I'm looking for external memory for my chromebook
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No -- and that is why I bought it -- strickly as an external storage drive. You just plug it in and use it from Finder/Windows Explorer. It contains software to use it as a backup drive, but I did not install it, nor did I have to do anything to prevent it from installing. I use it as one of my dual drives for redundant storage for my images as a photographer so I access it frequently -- it has worked flawlessly since I bought it.
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Not necessary, because modern electronic devices built and programmed the way that they are able to get software from internet by themselves. A few years we needed to download software from CD which is included in original box of such device. Once you have your new external hard drive connected to a PC or Laptop installation stars automatically (by itself) you will see massages on taskbar on your screen - "Installing Software..." and then after - when it's done "Installation Completed Successfully".... Good Luck!
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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.
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You really can't download or install anything on a chromebook. You only will have a chrome web browser to do anything with.
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whoa yes you can i did by installin full-blown linux on my chromebook. I used this method if you feel youre up to "hacking" your chromebook a little.heres the link you like to try installing linux , & you don't really have to ROOT the chromebook because the acer one is "hacker friendly" just boot into developer mode & it will let you install linux with no trouble. http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-script-to-rule-them-all_31.html
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Fear not! Any Chromebook, and in particular the Chrome browser, is directly integrated with Adobe Flash. Check out https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/108086?hl=en&source=genius-rts
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no idea. I am not in love with this laptop, mainly because of windows 8. I generally use my chrome book and an old laptop with an older windows instead.
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External CD drives are not officially supported by chrome OS (Google's operating system for chromebooks, chromebases, and chromeboxes.) That said some people have had luck with plug and play cd drives, but it's hit or miss.
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It works perfectly on my Acer C720 running Chrome, and even worked flawlessly after I set the Chromebook up to dual boot both Chrome and Ubuntu 14.04.1. FWIW, I've also used it with several other notebooks I have (Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows 7 Professional, both x64 bit), and it was literally plug it in, O/S saw the device and installed the necessary driver, and I was ready to go.
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If Chromebook is a laptop, it should work if you have Windows 7. It doesn't say anything about Windows 8 on the package.
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I'm not familiar with Google Chrome, but this might help. Found this article on the Web: http://www.androidcentral.com/how-upgrade-ssd-your-acer-c720-chromebook
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The Chromebook comes with about 16GB HDD space. if you need more than that, then you can save your docs on a USB/external thumb-drive & just plug that in the chrome-book for additional "local" (or offline) storage. With the prices of USB TDs dropping drastically, it may be a more cost-effective solution than online/cloud storage (which usually expires after first free year, unless you pay for it).
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according to google's website chromebooks support these file systems: Ext2 Ext3 Ext4 FAT HFS+ (read-only on journaled HFS+) ISO9660 (read-only) NTFS UDF (read-only)This would lead me to believe that yes, it should work with a chromebook, however I have not tested this myself.
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Not out of the box. You have to load a BIOS that has everything Windows needs (see http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/03/review-asus-brings-chrome-os-to-mini-pcs-in-a-low-power-inexpensive-package/) It's none trivial and not entirely stable. And given the specifications, this is a woefully underpowered machine to run Windows. Linux stripped down or Chrome OS? It flies (Mine has 6GB of RAM everything else is stock and I'm a power user. No lag, great performance. I use it as my primary system every day now).
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Please check this: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromebook-central/SQk1ViKislU
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As far as I know it is not, this cintiq came out quite a while before the chromebook. Also since chromebooks' operating system is internet based it may not even be installable. I'm no expert on chromebooks but I am pretty sure the answer is no.
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This is just an adapter for a microSD card, so as long as your Chromebook supports your microSD card type then it should work.
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You cannot load programs into a Chromebook. It comes with the entire suite of Google office-like apps free.
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2 GB is plenty for almost all uses of this computer. Other manufacturers of Chromebooks (i.e. Samsung), have soldered on the RAM, making it nigh impossible to replace. However... like all the other answers... we don't know for sure whether it is soldered on, or whether you can pop it open and replace it with a bigger chip (although, to me, it is doubtful).