Storing files on the camera (external drive)

[reno]

Hi there,
I am trying to store files (not photos) on my S30, so that I can use it as an external drive (not often, but that would be handy sometimes).
Anyone knows how to do that (Zoombrowser would not let me do it)

Thanks.
Reno

[Rustle]

If you have WinXP/Me or a Mac (I think), you can view the camera as a drive and use it to store files. Win98/2000 won't allow that.

The easiest thing to do is get a CF card reader, which will also upload and download faster than your camera.

Russ

[reno]

Thanks a lot for your answer .

Best Regards.
Reno

[Mikhail]

Is there any way to use G1 as an external drive (not for photos)?

[dn7elson]

Mikhail wrote:
Is there any way to use G1 as an external drive (not for photos)?

Better than using the Camera, just use the CF card with an external card reader. It allows you to access the CF as if it were a drive and store whatever you like on it. For that matter, it never has to see a camera to work.

USB CF reader/writers can be found for under $30US. This means that you need to have a USB capable operating system (Win98 + for PC, don't know what for Mac).

[SteveCliff]

rustle wrote:
If you have WinXP/Me or a Mac (I think), you can view the camera as a drive and use it to store files. Win98/2000 won't allow that.

I am running Windows 2000 (SP2, but I don't think it matters which) and it treats the CompactFlash as a drive.

As far as I am aware, as long as you have the second edition of Windows 98, it will also treat it as a drive. (Not *so* sure on the Windows 98 one though!)

[Dale]

reno wrote:
Hi there,
I am trying to store files (not photos) on my S30, so that I can use it as an external drive (not often, but that would be handy sometimes).
Anyone knows how to do that (Zoombrowser would not let me do it)

Thanks.
Reno

As suggested by others I would get a card reader. Go for the firewire version which means you would also need a firewire card if you don't have one already. Downloading via firewire is much faster than USB.

Dale

[Rustle]

SteveCliff wrote:
I am running Windows 2000 (SP2, but I don't think it matters which) and it treats the CompactFlash as a drive.


Really? Mounting as a hard drive was never a basic function of twain drivers, so most people will find that their Canon cameras don't show up in Explorer on 98/2000. That changed with the WIA drivers used in Me/XP.

Do you have anything installed that might be making a difference?

Russ

[SteveCliff]

Really? Mounting as a hard drive was never a basic function of twain drivers, so most people will find that their Canon cameras don't show up in Explorer on 98/2000. That changed with the WIA drivers used in Me/XP.

Do you have anything installed that might be making a difference?

Russ

I've not specifically installed anything extra - although I do tend to have a lot of software on there!

As far as I know, the ability to see the files on a CompactFlash is not a function of the Twain drivers, but of the mass storage drivers built in to the operating system. My OS reported a "USB Mass storage device" when I connected my Hama flash card reader. When I insert a compact flash card (an IBM Microdrive, although it works the same with a 'proper' compactflash) it then reports a "Generic volume". I can then access all the files correctly via the drive letter allocated for the generic volume.

Hope some of this makes sense!