[RWood]

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The CONNECT software on your PC will load the file either in the internal memory of the Reader or on the add-in memory card if you have installed one. It is up to you based on which one you drag and drop the file to. It will not change the copy of the file on your hard disk.

That said, you cannot later copy the file from the Reader to your hard disk. It is a one way process when using the CONNECT software. {edit: However, using utilities found here at MobileRead you can directly access the internal Reader file structure as well as add, delete, and modify files in the Reader.} (The add-in memory card may be read and written directly outside the CONNECT software.)

BBeB, RTF, TXT, and PDF files are written to the Reader. Some say that DOC files also work and that the CONNECT software will convert them to RTF if you have MS Word installed as they say it uses part of that program to convert the files. For me that has never worked and I do all of the RTF conversion outside CONNECT.