getting photos from camera to computer

I have a Polaroid i830 digital camera. When I plug it into the USB port in
my computer, the removable hard drive comes up but no folders are visible. I
tried it on another computer and they come up so I know it is something with
my computer...perhaps some setting I have in Windows XP. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Alice wrote:
> I have a Polaroid i830 digital camera. When I plug it into the USB port in
> my computer, the removable hard drive comes up but no folders are visible. I
> tried it on another computer and they come up so I know it is something with
> my computer...perhaps some setting I have in Windows XP. Any suggestions?
> Thanks!

Hi,

With due respect, I suggest that you never try to send photos directly
from a camera to a computer. If anything happens to your camera's
battery, for example, all your photos can be lost. Do buy an inexpensive
card reader that will hold your type of memory card, and that plugs into
your computer's USB port. Card readers from reliable companies such as
SanDisk are about $10-15.-, and are well worth it.If you do not have any
photo organizer software on your hard drive, you might consider Picasa2
from Google, which is easy to use, and free.

Good luck.

Morton

i have a card reader and i plugged it into my computer with my memory card
inside and the removeable hard drive doesn't come up. someone told me i had
to download the software for my camera so does anyone know where i can be
able to find it or download it....

On Mar 3, 1:40*pm, Simply_Beauty101
<Simply_Beauty...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> i have a card reader and i plugged it into my computer with my memory card
> inside and the removeable hard drive doesn't come up. someone told me i had
> to download the software for my camera so does anyone know where i can be
> able to find it or download it....

Any available software would always be available from the digital
camera's manufacturer web site (usually under Support.)

Also, every digital camera manufacturer recommends that any digital
film (media card) be formatted within the camera prior to taking
pictures. Formatting the digtial media card elsewhere may cause the
camera not to be able to recognise the media card.

Simply_Beauty101 wrote:
> i have a card reader and i plugged it into my computer with my memory
> card inside and the removeable hard drive doesn't come up. someone
> told me i had to download the software for my camera so does anyone
> know where i can be able to find it or download it....
=============================
I don't think your camera or it's software
has anything to do with this issue. Why?
Because you are not downloading from
the camera.

Restart your computer and try again...

If you have more than one USB port...
try them all...

Maybe the following utility would be useful:

Download the Microsoft
Autoplay Repair Wizard:
http://tinyurl.com/stus

If the issue persists...please post as many
details as possible and maybe someone
will offer a solution.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Simply_Beauty101 wrote:
> i have a card reader and i plugged it into my computer with my memory card
> inside and the removeable hard drive doesn't come up. someone told me i had
> to download the software for my camera so does anyone know where i can be
> able to find it or download it....

No, you do not need to install the software for your camera to use
a memory card reader--that's actually a major advantage for those who
have multiple cameras.

You don't mention which OS your computer is running. If it is XP (SP2)
or Vista, you shouldn't need to install any driver to get your card
reader working--that should happen automatically when you first plug it
in.

But you should plug in the reader *without a card in it* the first time
to allow XP or Vista to find it and install the appropriate driver. You
will see some messages, ending with something to the effect that "Your
new hardware is ready to use."

After that, you can insert your memory cards and access them.

-michael

NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."

On Mar 3, 4:23*pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Simply_Beauty101 wrote:
> > i have a card reader and i plugged it into my computer with my memory card
> > inside and the removeable hard drive doesn't come up. someone told me i had
> > to download the software for my camera so does anyone know where i can be
> > able to find it or download it....
>
> No, you do not need to install the software for your camera to use
> a memory card reader--that's actually a major advantage for those who
> have multiple cameras.
>
> You don't mention which OS your computer is running. *If it is XP (SP2)
> or Vista, you shouldn't need to install any driver to get your card
> reader working--that should happen automatically when you first plug it
> in.
>
> But you should plug in the reader *without a card in it* the first time
> to allow XP or Vista to find it and install the appropriate driver. *You
> will see some messages, ending with something to the effect that "Your
> new hardware is ready to use."
>
> After that, you can insert your memory cards and access them.
>
> -michael
>
> NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
> Home page: *http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>
> "The wastebasket is our most important design
> tool--and it's seriously underused."

Not every card reader can read every size card. Make sure that the
card reader can support your memory card and its size. Also, the
"generic" no-name card readers are not all reliable.

smlunatick wrote:
> On Mar 3, 4:23 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>Simply_Beauty101 wrote:
>>
>>>i have a card reader and i plugged it into my computer with my memory card
>>>inside and the removeable hard drive doesn't come up. someone told me i had
>>>to download the software for my camera so does anyone know where i can be
>>>able to find it or download it....
>>
>>No, you do not need to install the software for your camera to use
>>a memory card reader--that's actually a major advantage for those who
>>have multiple cameras.
>>
>>You don't mention which OS your computer is running. If it is XP (SP2)
>>or Vista, you shouldn't need to install any driver to get your card
>>reader working--that should happen automatically when you first plug it
>>in.
>>
>>But you should plug in the reader *without a card in it* the first time
>>to allow XP or Vista to find it and install the appropriate driver. You
>>will see some messages, ending with something to the effect that "Your
>>new hardware is ready to use."
>>
>>After that, you can insert your memory cards and access them.
>
> Not every card reader can read every size card. Make sure that the
> card reader can support your memory card and its size. Also, the
> "generic" no-name card readers are not all reliable.

Good point--this is particularly true of the SD cards larger than
2GB (SDHC cards), which can only be read by readers made in the
last year or so.

-michael

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."

On Mar 3, 9:43*pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> smlunatick wrote:
> > On Mar 3, 4:23 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>Simply_Beauty101 wrote:
>
> >>>i have a card reader and i plugged it into my computer with my memory card
> >>>inside and the removeable hard drive doesn't come up. someone told me ihad
> >>>to download the software for my camera so does anyone know where i can be
> >>>able to find it or download it....
>
> >>No, you do not need to install the software for your camera to use
> >>a memory card reader--that's actually a major advantage for those who
> >>have multiple cameras.
>
> >>You don't mention which OS your computer is running. *If it is XP (SP2)
> >>or Vista, you shouldn't need to install any driver to get your card
> >>reader working--that should happen automatically when you first plug it
> >>in.
>
> >>But you should plug in the reader *without a card in it* the first time
> >>to allow XP or Vista to find it and install the appropriate driver. *You
> >>will see some messages, ending with something to the effect that "Your
> >>new hardware is ready to use."
>
> >>After that, you can insert your memory cards and access them.
>
> > Not every card reader can read every size card. *Make sure that the
> > card reader can support your memory card and its size. *Also, the
> > "generic" no-name card readers are not all reliable.
>
> Good point--this is particularly true of the SD cards larger than
> 2GB (SDHC cards), which can only be read by readers made in the
> last year or so.
>
> -michael
>
> "The wastebasket is our most important design
> tool--and it's seriously underused."- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes and some SDHC readers only can read upto 8GB SDHC media. SDHC is
reported to be getting 16GB and 32GB soon.