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Is it possible to download using a Chromebook (not Windows)?


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It is most likely possible to download via your Chromebook and then transfer the file over to your PC via your internal network, although it will be much easier to download files directly from your Windows PC.

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All you have to do is to hook them up using a USB cable and the PC will see the Chromebook as a 'storage device' and you can transfer files just like you transfer files from one HDrive to another HDrive. Too easy.

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You can transfer '*.txt', '*.mp3', 'mp4', '*.jpg', '*.bmp' files back and forth. You can't run Android programs on PC and vice versa, but files you can work with. Your download will be '*.zip' but you can transfer those too. A trick is to change name to '*.zip.txt' and then rename back to '*.zip' when you have it on your PC. Cheers.

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I download and "scan" files very often with a tab and, using a USB key, feed the PC.

Works great.

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You can transfer '*.txt', '*.mp3', 'mp4', '*.jpg', '*.bmp' files back and forth. You can't run Android programs on PC and vice versa, but files you can work with. Your download will be '*.zip' but you can transfer those too. A trick is to change name to '*.zip.txt' and then rename back to '*.zip' when you have it on your PC. Cheers.

Chuck B

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There are some great Android emulators that run on a PC, but a Chromebook is not Android, it uses Chrome OS, with most of it's apps in the cloud.

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According to Google, these are the types of files Chrome OS supports:

 

Microsoft Office files: .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt (read-only), .pptx (read-only).

Media: .3gp, .avi, .mov, .mp4, .m4v, .m4a, .mp3, .mkv, .ogv, .ogm, .ogg, .oga, .webm, .wav.

Images: .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .webp.

Compressed files: .zip, .rar.

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  • 4 weeks later...
Hello, I am new here. I use a Chromebook for surfing the Internet. I do not have any Windows PC's that are online, nor will I.

Can a Chromebook be used to download files for FS2004 or not.

 

Thank you.

 

For downloading only, sure! But I don't think you could install/run FS2004 on a Chromebook (it's not a compatible OS).

 

Hope this helps,

-Cobra

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