Computer wont recognize camera and wont transfer pictures

I don't understand why you would want to transfer pictures from the computer to the camera. Normally you transfer pictures from the camera to the computer. But, if you really want to restore pictures to your camera's memory, you can remove the SD memory card from your camera and transfer the pictures on any computer equipped with an SD card reader/writer. These devices are built into most Apple computers, many PC's and are available as USB accessories for all other computers. I have seen them for under $20. When you connect the device and insert your camera's SC card, your computer will recognize the card and treat it as if it were another hard drive. You will be able to read or write or drag and drop picture files just as you would with any other file on your computer. By the way; most professional photographers use this method to transfer there photos rather then transferring them using a USB cable from the camera.

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 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, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use Nikon Transfer or any other photo cataloging program.

ALTERNATE WAY TO TRANSFER PHOTOS TO COMPUTER
If your photos are stored on the memory card, then remove the memory card from the camera and insert it into an USB memory card reader. Connect this USB memory card reader and memory card into the USB port of your working computer. Your computer will see this as an USB Mass Storage Device or an external storage device; you can then open the folder on the memory card and copy the photos to your computer. Memory card reader is a handy device and is inexpensive. You can copy photos from other cameras and you can also download photos off your memory card to someone else's computer without the need of installing any programs.

Hi,

Here is a tip that I wrote about how to find the manuals, drivers, downloads and support for Digital Cameras.

Digital Camera Manuals, Drivers, Downloads, and Support



How to easily download Pictures from Digital Camera

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One way is to connect your camera directly to your pc with usb cable. Your computer will recognize the camera and than you can transfer pictures over from your computer to camera.

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Try camera in another USB port of laptop and also check it with another USB cable, if still problem not solved then plug camera in any other computer to make sure that it is problem of camera.
If camera still wont work in other computer then its USB port got defective, please use memory card reader to transfer pictures in computer, take out memory card from camera, put it in memory card reader and plug it in USB port of computer.
Thanks.

Buy an inexpensive card reader to transfer directly from your memory card.

YOU MUST USE YOUR 'WIZARD" TO INSTALL THE CAMERA OR USE THE CD THAT CAME WITH THE CAMERA TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE...YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT RECOGNIZING YOUR CAMERA AND WONT ACCEPT THE PICTURES WITH OUT A OPERATING PROGRAM....

Try a different cable.

What version of windows do you have? If you are using Windows XP, you just need to plug the supplied cord into the camera, and then plug the usb lead into the computer. Windows XP will automatically recognize the camera and you will be ready to unload in about 2-3 minutes the first time you plug it in. The pc will recognize the camera as a removable drive, so go into "MY COMPUTER" and look for a removable drive called "Sony". Navigate thru the first folder until you get to the picture files.