Microtek ScanMaker X6 Flatbed Scanner "scan old slides disk" Questions

scan my old slides, photos and negitives to disk. The scanner and lightlid come with no instruction manuals and I find I can not use the scanner at all. It has been connected to my computer by another

old - there is plenty of disk space) -Reinstall teh Photo & Imaging Software (I did. It says all is intalled correctly) -Scan your hard disk for problems HP Scanjet 5590 Flatbed Scanner ( L1910A#B1H )

...old Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED scanner. It worked well for a while, but is no longer working. I can enter a slide, press preview, and it does that fine. However, when I hit scan, it starts, then after 5 ...