ickle_robot
08-11-2005, 04:37 AM
I'm in dire need of some help. Or at least some hope. :confused:
ALL my vacation pictures and video clips are on one memory card, a 1 gig, in my Canon SD 110. About 2,500 combined pics and videos, to be exact. Today I tried to transfer them to my computer, and while the computer recognized the camera as being connected (I have Windows XP, and the window came up asking what program to use to view the files, with no options listed, also, I checked in "My Computer" and the camera is definately connected) but when I open a program or try to transfer the pics from the "My Computer" menu, I get a message that "The computer cannot detect the scanner or camera. Please make sure the device is turned on and is properly connected to the computer." What is going on? The only thing I can think of is, that I didn't format my card before using it.. however, before my vacation I gave my niece my camera with the memory card in it and told her to go crazy, she took about 700 pictures and they transferred fine, so I figured I didn't need to (no one I've asked has been able to give me a straight and simple answer on what formatting really does, anyways). The camera is almost brand new, the memory card is, too. Please, someone tell me there is some way to get around this! Thank you so much.
-Jenny
ALL my vacation pictures and video clips are on one memory card, a 1 gig, in my Canon SD 110. About 2,500 combined pics and videos, to be exact. Today I tried to transfer them to my computer, and while the computer recognized the camera as being connected (I have Windows XP, and the window came up asking what program to use to view the files, with no options listed, also, I checked in "My Computer" and the camera is definately connected) but when I open a program or try to transfer the pics from the "My Computer" menu, I get a message that "The computer cannot detect the scanner or camera. Please make sure the device is turned on and is properly connected to the computer." What is going on? The only thing I can think of is, that I didn't format my card before using it.. however, before my vacation I gave my niece my camera with the memory card in it and told her to go crazy, she took about 700 pictures and they transferred fine, so I figured I didn't need to (no one I've asked has been able to give me a straight and simple answer on what formatting really does, anyways). The camera is almost brand new, the memory card is, too. Please, someone tell me there is some way to get around this! Thank you so much.
-Jenny