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pearljammer on 10 February 2013

I just recently purchased the ASUS VivoTab Smart Tablet for my girlfriend for her birthday and I've come across a hugely annoying issue: the tablet is not recognizable on a PC and hence cannot drag and drop like we can with my Nexus 10.

This is a huge issue for us as she has a heap of songs and video she'd like to transfer so that she may make use of them either on the go or around the house.

Does anybody know a work around for this issue? I've googled around to no avail.



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disolitude on 11 February 2013

Hang on...I'm trying to understand this.

Asus Vivotab Smart is an x86 tablet correct? So essentially its a full PC in tablet form... And you're trying to plug a one PC in to another PC to transfer files??

Why not use a USB drive or an external hard drive to transfer the music. Vivotab smart should have a USB 2.0 port. You could also set up a network drive on your Pc that any device on the wifi network can access but USB drive is much easier...



ironmanDX on 11 February 2013

Are you trying to plug to in via usb or something?



llewdebkram on 11 February 2013

Can't you shares files wirelessly?



Adinnieken on 11 February 2013
pearljammer said:

I just recently purchased the ASUS VivoTab Smart Tablet for my girlfriend for her birthday and I've come across a hugely annoying issue: the tablet is not recognizable on a PC and hence cannot drag and drop like we can with my Nexus 10.

This is a huge issue for us as she has a heap of songs and video she'd like to transfer so that she may make use of them either on the go or around the house.

Does anybody know a work around for this issue? I've googled around to no avail.

Use Microsoft SkyDrive.

Sync the music with your PC, and it'll be accessible to your tablet.  You can also setup Windows 8 to sync Skype so that your tablet is updated as well.



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Adinnieken on 11 February 2013
disolitude said:
Hang on...I'm trying to understand this.

Asus Vivotab Smart is an x86 tablet correct? So essentially its a full PC in tablet form... And you're trying to plug a one PC in to another PC to transfer files??

Why not use a USB drive or an external hard drive to transfer the music. Vivotab smart should have a USB 2.0 port. You could also set up a network drive on your Pc that any device on the wifi network can access but USB drive is much easier...

I'm guessing it's Windows 8 RT....ergo the Asus VivoTab RT.  Though if it is the VivoTab Smart than it's an ATOM processor, not an x86 processor.  The ATOM processor can run Windows 8 Pro, but apparently there are compatibility issues with it. 



disolitude on 11 February 2013
Adinnieken said:
disolitude said:
Hang on...I'm trying to understand this.

Asus Vivotab Smart is an x86 tablet correct? So essentially its a full PC in tablet form... And you're trying to plug a one PC in to another PC to transfer files??

Why not use a USB drive or an external hard drive to transfer the music. Vivotab smart should have a USB 2.0 port. You could also set up a network drive on your Pc that any device on the wifi network can access but USB drive is much easier...

I'm guessing it's Windows 8 RT....ergo the Asus VivoTab RT.  Though if it is the VivoTab Smart than it's an ATOM processor, not an x86 processor.  The ATOM processor can run Windows 8 Pro, but apparently there are compatibility issues with it. 

Ragerdless, both devices have a USB port and a file system and he should be able to transfer any files back and forth using an USB drive. Also Intel Atom is an x86 processor and runs full x86 windows. Same as all atoms prodced in the last 5 years. You'll find no compatibility issues other than possibly specific tablet device driver issues...

 





superchunk on 11 February 2013

Return it and get another nexus 10.



pearljammer on 12 February 2013
disolitude said:
Hang on...I'm trying to understand this.

Asus Vivotab Smart is an x86 tablet correct? So essentially its a full PC in tablet form... And you're trying to plug a one PC in to another PC to transfer files??

Why not use a USB drive or an external hard drive to transfer the music. Vivotab smart should have a USB 2.0 port. You could also set up a network drive on your Pc that any device on the wifi network can access but USB drive is much easier...


Thanks to all for the advice. I'm really quite new to the world of tablets.

It doesn't have a USB port, though. It seems the only reasonable solution is using a microSD card. Rather unfortunate as I have neiter a card reader nor a card - plus the 64GB storage will hardly be used otherwise.

@Adinnieken - I believe I tried using skydrive(perhaps it was ASUS' version, I'm unsure), however, I think the file size limit was 300mb (no good for videos).

@superchunk - I had suggested that to her, but she really wants office. She's really grown to like it besides this one particular issue



disolitude on 12 February 2013
pearljammer said:
disolitude said:
Hang on...I'm trying to understand this.

Asus Vivotab Smart is an x86 tablet correct? So essentially its a full PC in tablet form... And you're trying to plug a one PC in to another PC to transfer files??

Why not use a USB drive or an external hard drive to transfer the music. Vivotab smart should have a USB 2.0 port. You could also set up a network drive on your Pc that any device on the wifi network can access but USB drive is much easier...


Thanks to all for the advice.

It doesn't have a USB port, though. It seems the only reasonable solution is using a microSD card. Rather unfortunate as I have neiter a card reader nor a card - plus the 64GB storage will hardly be used otherwise.

I believe I tried using skydrive(perhaps it was ASUS' version, I'm unsure), however, I think the file size limit was 300mb (no good for videos).

It does have a USB but needs an adapter - http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-VivoTab-Smart-ME400C-Tablet.88200.0.html

 


Skydrive is good but slow as you have to upload everything to the skydrive folder on your dekstop. I'd set up a shared folder on your PC and connect to it with the tablet. Micro SD is an option too...