How to place a folder onto the ROOT directory of a USB drive.

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tallguy2009 Author

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How to place a folder onto the ROOT directory of a USB drive.

I'm attempting to update firmware on my Android TV box. The instructions say:

"1.Download a new firmware and place the firmware onto the ROOT directory of a USB drive."

I downloaded the firmware update folder and dragged and dropped the file from my Macbook Air desktop to the USB drive. Is this the root directory? If not,

How can I be sure that I am copying the downloaded file onto the ROOT directory of my USB drive?

MacBook Air

Posted on May 4, 2016 1:48 AM

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dwb

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May 4, 2016 5:06 AM in response to tallguy2009

If you click on a hard drive icon you are looking at the root directory. So, for example, the standard Macintosh hardrive will have 4 folders in the root directory: Applications, Library, System, and USers.

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