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poohbear_nc · 09-20-2012, 06:56 PM

I'll lead off ... since I see that Amazon has finally updated their Kindle Fire HD Support page .... (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=201022260)

[this drove me nuts for almost a week!]
[the page originally said you had to be running Vista or 7 to access your Fire HD via a USB cable]

If you are trying to connect your Fire HD to a PC running XP, you HAVE to update to Windows Media Player 11 - in order to see the folders and move stuff from your PC to the Fire HD.

Otherwise the Fire HD is recognized only as a Media Playing device and you can't move files onto it.

09-20-2012, 06:56 PM	#2
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,838 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I'll lead off ... since I see that Amazon has finally updated their Kindle Fire HD Support page .... (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=201022260) [this drove me nuts for almost a week!] [the page originally said you had to be running Vista or 7 to access your Fire HD via a USB cable] If you are trying to connect your Fire HD to a PC running XP, you HAVE to update to Windows Media Player 11 - in order to see the folders and move stuff from your PC to the Fire HD. Otherwise the Fire HD is recognized only as a Media Playing device and you can't move files onto it.