wnaplay1647545503 Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Bought my daughter a new camera for xmas and my computer doesnt see the memory card when I put it in the slot. However it does see it when I put my identical card in. Anything need done with a new card? The camera recognizes it and she can take pics on the card. I can see the pics as well when I put the card in my camera. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 make sure the "lock" feature isn't on. Its a tiny button that slides left to right on the edge of the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 oh, are you talking about the computer seeing the memory card? Some memory cards do not have the auto-load thing. So you might have to go to My Computer, etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted December 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Tried all those thus far and still nothing. I was able to connect to the computer through the usb cord and load pics but cant figure out why computer doesnt recognize just the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonneVille Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 You may have to format the card in the camera. the fun part is that the computer may not like the cameras formatting, so you may have to reformat it in the computer. One way or the other, the computer should recognize it after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted December 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 How do you format it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 Bought my daughter a new camera for xmas and my computer doesnt see the memory card when I put it in the slot. However it does see it when I put my identical card in. Anything need done with a new card? The camera recognizes it and she can take pics on the card. I can see the pics as well when I put the card in my camera. Any suggestions? Try putting the card in the camera and go to the menu of said camera to where you Format the card. Then take a photo and pop it in the computer. If that doesn't work try this: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/ There were also early issues with XP and cards larger than 4gb. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934428 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 It is possible that the computer assigned the new memory card the same drive letter that has already been assigned. (i.e. new card is assigned drive letter "D" which is also the CD-ROM) To check, right click on the "my computer" icon and left click on "manage" On the left, click on "disk management" On that screen you can 1. verify that the computer is recognizing the card 2. verify the format of the card 3. verify (change) the assigned drive letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Is the new card you bought an SDHC card? Are you using a usb wired external hub to hook up the memory card to your computer? SDHC cards are newer and have more space. I have used one of those older all in 1 usb memory card hubs. It will only read SD cards anything that is SDHC will not load on my computer. I had to buy a newer usb hub that was compatible for my new memory card to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbutera2112 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Is the new card you bought an SDHC card? Are you using a usb wired external hub to hook up the memory card to your computer? SDHC cards are newer and have more space. I have used one of those older all in 1 usb memory card hubs. It will only read SD cards anything that is SDHC will not load on my computer. I had to buy a newer usb hub that was compatible for my new memory card to work. this....anything bigger than 2gigs is gonna be an SDHC card... older readers only pick up SD cards...my computer read my 512mb card, but not my 4gig card...officemax (im sure tons of other places) sells a little adapter...its a card reader that plugs into a usb...plug it into the usb and put the card in it and youre good to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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