Cant download to pc

Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo management program such as Picasa.
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Windows7 usually use x64 bit system operation, drivers which run in windows XP or Vista can be uninstallable in Windows 7 because XP and Vista use x32 bit system operation (except certain series).
See your OS from Device Manager (Windows+PauseBreak > Device Manager), 32 bit or 64 bit. Then you can download the driver compatible with your OS from here :

http://driverscollection.com/?H=PowerShot%20A470&By=Canon

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Windows updates changes the registry and sometimes causes our "toys" to stop working. You can contact Microsoft and get instructions to re-write your registry(very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing) or, you can do what the pros do to avoid this very common problem....get a card reader!

could not find software to use to download picture from my wolverine digicam 4 pixel camera. However i finally found pc mode listed in the camera settings and decided why not try again, Thats when it happened. My windows xp scanners picked up the hardware and downloaded all my pics and they were clear as a bell

If you can get the pics using a card reader, why are you insisting on using the camera and USB cord? Pros always use a card reader.

Afetr you plug your camera into your PC using USB Cable, can you transfer the images via my computer and selecting the camera from the devices with removal storage under the drives lists?

My camera ( Sony Cyber Shot W 30's memory stick is not working and i am unable to dowload pictures from my camera on to my laptop. My laptop's OS is Windows Vista.

Please let me know how could I go about downloading pictures from my camera to my laptop.

Many Thanks.
Prachi Vashisht.

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Most unfortunate! Could it be the cord connecting the camera to the computer? If you have another camera able to use the same cord, you could check that out. Look carefully at the connectors on the ends of the cord for damage or dirt. Also, check the connector on the camera with a magnifying glass and see if any damage appears.

Hmmm... Yea sometimes the pc doesn't see the added gizmo your camera. In which case, I suggest when you connect camera to computer click on "my computer" and you should see your device listed there along with your C drive & so on. Click on the camera icon & viola, you can copy the images from there to your computer. Yea I had the same experience with PS too, well Elements in particular. And there is a setting (somewhere in Elements Browser window) to turn it off. Yea to simply download images - it doesn't require any software at all with XP. I use a card reader & rarely deal with using the camera cable to computer hook up. To use that device you'll remove the card from the camera & stick in the reader & its ALWAYS worked for me. Again you'll have to click on "my computer" to find the images there. Otherwise --- next step would be to try another usb cable.

Did you checked that your existing camera's drivers are supported the Win Xp OS ?