Step 1: Read my tutorial for creating folders. The same warnings apply. There will be two versions to this. One which is easy and is low risk but gives less sorting abilities. The second involves the techniques from my first tutorial so it would be wise to bone up on that one before you try the harder version of this tutorial.

The Easy Way:
Step 2: There is a difference between a software switch and a hardware switch on the Cr-48. You will need to enable the software switch under "About Chrome Os" and my clicking "more info" and changing beta to developer. (You may not need to do this, If you can do the next step then you can skip this step)

Step 3: In the omnibox type "about:flags" this will give you options that are still being developed and might not work.

Step 4: Enable "Advanced File System" and anything you want to try or find useful. I recommend the Media Player and the web page pre-rendering.

Step 5: Hit the "Restard Button at the bottom of the page.
Now comes the fun part.
Step 6: Plug-in your flashdrive.

Step 7: There should be a popup with your files and data, if not then you should be able to access it later by hitting "ctrl + o" (thats an oh not zero) and then hitting back on the popup so you can find your flashdrive.

(Just realized that you can just right click the names of your files in this popup and just "Save as.." them to download them to the computer but there are good things to know in the rest of this tutorial even if it's harder. I promise"

Step 8: Find a .txt or .pdf or .mp3 or any file that is supported by Chrome OS and open it.

Step 9: In the Omnibox there should now be a "url" of sorts for where your file is. Remove from that url the name of your file but leave the name of the folder it is in.

Step 10: If you don't see the names of your files in the Chrome window instead of the popup then you didn't do it correctly (or I explained it poorly)

Step 11: You can now use this directory to find your files and folders in directory format and you can "right click" on them (or "alt + click mousepad") to save them.

The Hard Way (involves the command line)

Step 1:This is where reading the Folder tutorial is key. (cause I don't want to retype it) Open the command line.

Step 2: Plug in your flashdrive

Step 3: Find your flashdrive in the command line. You can do this by typing "cd .." two or three times in a row. This will take you to where your "media" folder is.

Step 4: Type "cd media" and then type "ls" in order for you to determine the name of your flashdrive.

Step 5: Type "cd nameofyourflashdrive" You should now have access to it and the files which you can view by typing "ls"

Step 6: To move this to your Downloads folder your going to have to remember where it was. It should be in the home/chronos/user/Downloads directory. And your flashdrive should have the directory of media/nameofflashdrive/file.
(Remember, that moving it is the same as "cutting" it. I will show you how to "copy" next.)

Step 8: Type "mv media/nameofflashdrive/file home/chronos/user/Downloads" or if you are in the folder that has the file you can just type the name of the file instead of it's directory.

Step 9: To copy "dd if=/media/nameofflashdrive/file of=/home/chronos/user/Downloads/file"
Make sure you "create" the file in the "of" command otherwise it will not work.

That should be everything. If there are questions I will gladly advise.

Well, I found my Downloads directory and had no problem creating subdirectories. But I can't find the Media directory. Also, some of the items listed seem to have two parts to their name, such as "Local Storage" but I can't access it using the command as "cd Local Storage" ... it gives me a syntax error. I see one called "Media Cache", is that what I'm looking for? I'm familiar with old school DOS but lost in linux. What am I missing here?

Originally Posted by Marcand

Well, I found my Downloads directory and had no problem creating subdirectories. But I can't find the Media directory. Also, some of the items listed seem to have two parts to their name, such as "Local Storage" but I can't access it using the command as "cd Local Storage" ... it gives me a syntax error. I see one called "Media Cache", is that what I'm looking for? I'm familiar with old school DOS but lost in linux. What am I missing here?

okay you are having two types of problems. First off, the media folder. Imagine that you are in windows. You have your C: drive and then you have the folders for your user in the C: drive and folders that hold your operating system. Right now you are still in the folders that pertain to your User rather than your C: drive where you can see everything. So what you need to do is go into the terminal and type "cd .." or cd SPACE period period for as many times as you can. Then next time you use "ls" to see your directories you should be able to see your media folder.

For your syntax error issue, you can solve this in one of two ways, you can either use "\" for a space each time (terminal doesn't like spaces). Or you can just hit "tab" after you start typing the name of the directory and it should auto-complete for you.

Thanks! I was able to access the flash drive and move the files.

Thank you for this how to.