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I usually get photos from my camera onto my hard drive by popping the camera's memory card into a PCMCIA card that slides into an appropriate slot on my PC.

But recently, Windows XP stopped recognizing the PCMCIA card. It used to show up as a device in the "My Computer" folder, but now I stick it in and nothing happens (quit snickering). The card doesn't show up in "My Computer". Windows apparently doesn't know it's there.

If you think you might know how to solve this problem, please tell me in the comments.
Posted by GaijinBiker on 12.04.2006 at 9:16am
Topics: Technology
papa (mail) (www):
Though I occassionally transfer photos from camera to PC via the memory card, I usually connect the camera to my PC with a USB cable and do the transfer with the software that came with the camera.
12.4.2006 11:24am
GaijinBiker (mail) (www):
I can still do that with my camera. But I like using the PCMCIA card, so I do want to figure out how to get it working again.
12.4.2006 12:58pm
Dave Justus (mail) (www):
Does buy a Mac count as a helpful suggestion?
12.5.2006 2:38am
GaijinBiker (mail) (www):
Only for certain nonstandard definitions of "helpful".
12.5.2006 8:54am
Vinegar Joe (mail):
Unplug the card reader and then shutdown your system. Wait about 30 seconds and then turn on. After system has come up, plugin in the card reader. If you don't get a "Found new hardware" message, go into your Control Panel and click on Add Hardware.

I've had this happen before with both USB cardreaders and webcams.
12.5.2006 7:07pm
GaijinBiker (mail) (www):
The card reader is built into the PC case; it's not a USB attachment.
12.5.2006 7:32pm
Vinegar Joe (mail):
Open Control Panel - System - Hardware - Device Manager. Can you see the card reader or mass storrage device listed? You might need to check under Universal Serial Bus controllers or Storage volumes.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/3534/deviceyg6.jpg
12.6.2006 8:29am
KyotoDragon (mail):
GB, were you able to solve your problem?
12.13.2006 9:10pm
GaijinBiker (mail) (www):
You know, I haven't had time to try Vinegar Joe's idea yet. I will give it a shot soon.
12.13.2006 9:37pm
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