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Add note about Win7 driver installation (earlephilhower#102)
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In some cases the Pico will encounter a hard hang and its USB port will not respond to the auto-reset request. Should this happen, just
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follow the initial procedure of holding the BOOTSEL button down while plugging in the Pico to enter the ROM bootloader.
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Windows 7 Driver Notes
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Windows 10, Linux, and Mac will all support the Pico CDC/ACM USB serial port
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automatically. However, Windows 7 may not include the proper driver and
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therefore no detect the Pico for automatic uploads or the Serial Monitor.
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For Windows 7, if this occurs, you can use `Zadig <https://zadig.akeo.ie/>`
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to install the appropriate driver. Select the USB ID of ``2E8A`` and use
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the ``USB Serial (CDC)`` driver.
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.. image:: images/install_driver_old_win.png
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Uploading Filesystem Images
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The onboard flash filesystem for the Pico, LittleFS, lets you upload a filesystem image from the sketch directory for your sketch to use. Download the needed plugin from

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