Quick save to external hard drive ?

Canon Vixia HF200 SDHC card. Is there an easy way to transfer the entire contents
of the flash card to scratch drive and know where it goes for later viewing and log and transfer process?

You can drag and drop. As I said just make a new folder and drag the card's contents into the folder. Some people like to use disk images because it replicates the card and behaves like a card, but there is really no difference in the end product and the way you work with it in the application.

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