Question after I download my pictures to my pc. can I redownload the pictures back to the canon power shot a520?

you can download the program from this site and then savve it on ur computer and burn it on to a disk / dvd http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/A520/A52A.HTM

check this sight out http://www.pdf-manual.com/user-guide-instruction-owner-manual-canon-powershot-a520-12273.html

the camera is getting old you may have to replace it

how maney photos do you have on the memory stick you may need to free it up by downloading them to a usb stick on your computer so you can free up some memory

You can download software from the manufacturer's web site at
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/digital_cameras/powershot_a_series/powershot_a520#DriversAndSoftware

You might want to consider NOT connecting the camera to the 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 or FireWire). 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. Or you can use any photo cataloging program.

The A520 is designed to work with SD cards. Your 4GB card is actually an SDHC card. While it fits into the slot, it is electronically incompatible.

You need to use SD cards 2GB and smaller.

The self timer is explained in the user manual on page 45. You may download a copy of the user manual from here

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/starbattery/a520manual.pdf

the manual has 161 pages, the direction is the 47th page. the title of the page is

SELF-TIMER

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once you have connected the camera to the PC via USB, the pc should identify the camera (on Windows XP and later versions). In case this doesn't happen try re-starting the camera, alternately switch to another USB socket on your PC.

If you no longer have your manual, download it here; it will have all the detail you need:

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=320&modelid=11125

You can get the pictures back but DO NOT take any more pictures or add data of any sort to the card.

Bring it to your local computer store and they should be able to recover the information.