Greetings SaeedR_706,
That is a good question, however I would suggest rather then using the USB cable, to transfer files over your WiFi network to a shared folder on your Windows 7 Laptop.
Can I connect Surface RT and PC with USB cable?
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I have a Toshiba Thrive running Android. I can connect it to my PC with a USB cable and access files on my Thrive on the PC. The PC treats the Thrive as a hard drive. Can I connect my Surface in the same way? I have tried and the PC does not appear to see the Surface.
This is a pain, one of the reasons I bought the Surface was to be able to do this type of hard connection and not have to use "iTunes" or the Cloud.
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Hello Rrccw,
No, you cannot connect the Surface to the PC via USB. However, you can setup Shared folderson your PC. Once you have that, have the Surface connect to the same network via WiFi and then go into Network from the Desktop app, select your PC and then see the Shared Folders. From there, the Surface should have Read/Write access if you gave the permissions on the PC.
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2014-02-18T10:22:23+00:00 USB is Client-to-Host system. A host needs to negotiate with a client and they will then proceed to communicate in an agreed upon manner. There are devices to do what you want, and I will link to one on Amazon.
It works because it has a client-side device on the cable with built-in transferring software which allows communication not with the two USB host directly, but rather allows both USB hosts to communicate with a USB client which handles the data transmission.
http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-USB-File-Transfer-Device/dp/B002VFFA5M
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2014-02-19T00:29:53+00:00 First I want to apologize to anyone who answered my question since last Octorer. The first response I received was by EricAltman on 2/18/14. I believe I posted the original question about a year ago.
Anyway, thank you Eric, I have purchased the device you mentioned. My question is answered.
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2014-03-12T18:06:02+00:00 First I want to apologize to anyone who answered my question since last Octorer. The first response I received was by EricAltman on 2/18/14. I believe I posted the original question about a year ago.
Anyway, thank you Eric, I have purchased the device you mentioned. My question is answered.
Well I marked the above as ANSWER but the Diamond USB File Transfer Adapter does not work with the Surface RT. I purchased it and the Surface says the adapter "App" will not run on the Surface. Only works PC OS to PC OS. Not PC OS to Surface RT.