Used to transfer recordings OK via USB using ELinker on an XP laptop.
I recently bought a Win 7 64 bit laptop.
I want to transfer recordings using USB connection (don't want to open up Hummy)to my new laptop to watch on holiday.
So is there a program, with GUI, that works with Win7?
What version of Win7 64 do you have? Microsoft advertise that Win7 Professional and above can run XP mode, but their web page allows you to download it for Home Premium. You can download a fully licensed version of XP that will run in a virtual machine, and it connects to all the same devices that Win7 has access to.
Go here to select your OS and download the virtual machine and the XP image. Be aware the download is in excess of 500MB.
As you say it allows Home Premium to Download it, but it doesn't load successfully. Presumably they hope people will upgrade their version of Windows.
Do you have a copy of XP lying around anywhere on a CD?
I've never bought Windows separately, but I have every disk that came with every PC/Laptop I've ever bought, but I'm not sure those "recovery disks" are what you mean.
Try the alternative to eLinker - Andy Chappell's Media Controller
Media Controller GUI by Andrew Smith is here:
http://www.andrewdsmith.plus.com/hummy/
Instructions on how to get it working on a Windows 7 64-bit is here:
http://mikedimmick.blogspot.com/2009/07/downloading-from-your-humax-pvr9200t-on.html
Looks worth a try son_t, but frankly I don't think my IT skills, which despite being above average, are up to it; there's a lot of techie-speak in those links. Neither the Humax nor the laptop are play things as such; the Humax is the family's main viewing workhorse (with which I fiddle on a Sunday night at my peril)and the laptop is likewise not exclusively mine to meddle with half-blindly. I really need some easy-to-understand start to finish step-by-step instructions.
I bet you'll get something of an easy-to-understand solution HERE, rather than any other forum... watch this space!
Still watching 
I'm not particularly interested in squabbles between websites; I just want my questions answered by those who know and care enough to help.
So anything you can knock up on this would be gratefully received by me and I suspect a few others, as Win 7 64bit Home Premium seems to be the standard supplied in most new PC/laptops.
Thanks
I won't be knocking instructions and posting it here, but as articles for the wiki pages... I'm just saying that won't get this sort of 'guide' on other forums posts...
I suspect there aren't many users who are new to transfering recordings from their older generation Humax boxes using the latest Windows 7 64-bit laptops! So I don't think my pages will be up anytime soon to cater for the huge number of owners stuck of what to do!!
If you are really determined then the best way is to help yourself first... You will have to get to grips with installing Humax Media Controller, the USB drivers, and over coming Windows 7 signed drivers requirements...
If all that goes well, then you need plently of laptop and hummy time as transfers of recording takes forever via the USB connection!
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