Transferring files to an iPad 18.3.2

[charles meyer]

My talented listmates,

Any iPad users willing to take a carack at this one?

I'm trying to help a friend transfer their medical images off a DVD disk.

I'm able to transfer all those files from the DVD (via a DVD player) on to their 128 Blanbok+ GB flash drive on a Windows 11 laptop.

I can see and open the file images in W11.

But, when I connect that flash drive to the micro-port on their iPad and select the Files App on the iPad then choose Browse I never see the flash drive listed.

Won't it appear with a letter (like how Windows assigns a letter to a flash drive - e.g. F, G, H, etc.)?

Or will the flash drive appear as an icon?

I Googled this and there was some talk re: needing to use a Lightning Adapter.

Does one need to buy a powered Lightning Adapter so you plug the flash drive into that Lightning Adapter and then plug that Lightning Adapter into the iPad?

Or how else might we do this?

Thank you,

Charles.