My mom's camera makes it difficult to transfer the files on it to the pc. The card it uses (doesn't matter if I change the card to another - so it has to do with the camera, not with the quality of the card)can only be read in my external extra card reader, not in the inbuild one on my pc nor on the one in my mom's laptop.

So it was suggested to me to update the drivers.
But how do I go about that?
I don't even know what that reader is called on my pc;)
And I don't have that card at hand because the camera is with my mom at the moment.

Still, I'd like to get this sorted before she comes over again and because we have crossloop now I hope to get this sorted on her laptop too, so she can handle her photo's herself too and not always has to wait for me to fix it:)

Thanks,
Sarah.

It might be easier to answer this if you had stated the camera make and model, as well as the computers used?

I've had my share of Canon camera's and each one, I've had 5 different ones, requires a different install to be able to off-load pictures into the PC from the camera. Even my wife's HP camera requires an install so it can feed directly from the camera into the USB port. Only one Canon I had, the SD200 could feed from it to an app using the TWAIN driver. All the camera's came with a CD that contains the d/l app and a picture collection program. Did you mothers camera come with a CD? If so, you need to load it.

I have media card slots on both my computer and printer. The printer it appears has no drivers, it is part of the printer driver. My Dell does have individual drivers, and Dell provides them and updates on its site. Some people had had problems with the drivers, and it turns out the h/w supposedly is from Realtek. I have used those drivers and they do work. So, the best bet is to search the site of your computer manufacturer. If they don't have it, try to identify the media card reader's manufacturer, or look at drivers that get loaded with a program that displays drivers (there are quite a few but I've not had much luck with them identifying the driver but it might work for you). In my case, it is listed in the Device Driver under USB devices so it was easy.

Irv S.

Mike - I tried everything in there that could possibly anything related to an sdcard reader <LOL>, but they all came up with the message I have the latest drivers.

It doesn't matter whether I format the card on the camera or by means of the pc. And it is a smaller card. 1GB.
Used to be a 526 MB card and on that one the results were the same.

I can use the card without formatting in my Nikon and then plug it in in the pc and there is no problem at all. The photo's from both the Traveller and the Nikon are easily accessible.

HC is High Capacity. Camera's generally are the ones that can't handle these. Most 'recent' camera's can however. I have both types of cards. 'Normal' cards I think top out at 2GB's, and the HC's go from 4GB and up. Look HERE for most of the details.

My wife's 3 year old HP has media slots and it reads both formats without a problem. I have a CHEAP USB reader and it does as well. The referenced link does explain the compatibility issues as well, and this would be a driver, not card issue.

Sarah, all I was alluding to is that most camera's come with a connector and a USB cable to attach to a PC. They have special s/w shipped with the camera on CD (or available by D/L from the vendor's site) that when you connect the USB cable to the camera and PC and turn on the camera to playback, it pops up a window on the PC and you can transfer files with it.

Media card reader not reading the card, not sure why if another media reader can handle it?

Irv S.

I don't seem to see anywhere, the make and model of the cardreader ?

Have a look with,
http://www.gtopala.com/

LH - so far I haven't been able to locate that data!
Downloading that app right now. We'll see what I can find then:)

Irv - either my mom's laptop or my pc can read any other card ánd they can read the card that is in the camera as long as I first put it in the Nikon and take a picture with that camera.
So in my view it is a problem caused by the camera, but I don't understand what the problem is :(

HID compliant service: are those card readers? I don't know under what name I can find them!
But no matter what - any device I rightclick has the most recent drivers.
Everything is up to date and working properly.

I think I'll get my mom an external cardreader of her own. Only thing is I also have to get her an USB splitter then and there isn't much space where she has her laptop placed to add more external stuff. Otherwise I would have given her an external HDD a long time ago too <LOL>. (I just know it won't get used if it is a hassle to get it connected).