LangarResident
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I want to transfer some photos from my Canon EOS 550D camera onto my HP Pavilion a6250 computer, which is running Windows 7.
In the past, I simply put the SD card into the appropriate slot in the front of the machine and waited for it to show up on "Computer" as an extra drive. For some reason that procedure no longer works. The card IS physically recognised as having been inserted, as evidenced by the lighting up of the green LED next to the slot, but ALL of the drives allocated to the card slots, (H: I: J: and L: ) respond with a "Please insert a disk into Drive H: (or which-ever)" message when clicked on. For the sake of completeness, and just to be ridiculous, I have clicked on each in turn of all the other drives that are displayed, but unsurprisingly none of those contain my photos.
Next I tried putting the SD card back in the camera and then using its USB cable to connect to a USB slot on the computer. Same result, no additional letter appeared, showing the camera as a drive.
By way of checking that USB slot, I removed the camera's USB cable and instead inserted a USB cable connected to an external hard-drive in exactly the same USB slot. Virtually instantly a new drive icon appeared, (labelled "Removeable N:" ), and I was able to access the drive's contents normally.
Done all I can think of. Any help greatly appreciated.
In the past, I simply put the SD card into the appropriate slot in the front of the machine and waited for it to show up on "Computer" as an extra drive. For some reason that procedure no longer works. The card IS physically recognised as having been inserted, as evidenced by the lighting up of the green LED next to the slot, but ALL of the drives allocated to the card slots, (H: I: J: and L: ) respond with a "Please insert a disk into Drive H: (or which-ever)" message when clicked on. For the sake of completeness, and just to be ridiculous, I have clicked on each in turn of all the other drives that are displayed, but unsurprisingly none of those contain my photos.
Next I tried putting the SD card back in the camera and then using its USB cable to connect to a USB slot on the computer. Same result, no additional letter appeared, showing the camera as a drive.
By way of checking that USB slot, I removed the camera's USB cable and instead inserted a USB cable connected to an external hard-drive in exactly the same USB slot. Virtually instantly a new drive icon appeared, (labelled "Removeable N:" ), and I was able to access the drive's contents normally.
Done all I can think of. Any help greatly appreciated.