Re: Trying to get pictures off an SD card and it's asking me to format the disk

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Robert wrote:
I bought the disk at Radio Shack the other day. It is definitely
working because I can see the pictures on the camcorder, a Canon
ZR70MC. Canon does not have the right software on their website for
transferring the pictures from the camcorder.

I plugged the card reader in and then I plugged the disk into the card
reader and a red light came on on the computer. This is on the back.
The computer is a Sony with Windows XP Home and is 7 years old. If I
plug the card reader in with the card in it, there is no red light.
"Removable Disk (I:)" appears on Windows Explorer. When I double
click on this, I get the not-formatted error message.

I'm wondering if it would work at all. If I said yes and reformatted
the disk, could I then put some new pictures on the disk and get them
on the computer? I could always get another disk as a test.

"Jim" <bojimbo261@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:q1ss159g82ol70homv0s3d7p706v12sqa3@xxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 28 May 2009 01:18:01 -0400, "Robert"
<cpq1bcle[REMOVE]@verizon.net> wrote:

I took some still pictures with my Canon camcorder and they are okay
because
I can see them on the camcorder. I bought a little SD card reader
and plugged it into the computer and when I double click on it on
Windows Explorer I get a popup that says this disk is not
formatted, want to format
it? If I say no, nothing happens. If I say yes, won't I lose the
pictures?

Robert


1 : is the card reader compatable ?
2 : plug the card reader in , then plug the card in .

What happens if you jsut connect the camera directly to the PC with the USB
cable provided? I only have a stills Canon camera, but that appears in My
Computer as its own entry (not a drive letter).


.



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