Did you add any software from the camera manufacturer,
or allow Windows Update to do that?
EVEN the firmware IN a device can make very different
things happen.
This is in VISTA. (Device embedded memory.)
I have one MP3 player that does not get a drive letter,
but what shows up in "my computer" contains the files,
in a child directory, again with no drive letter.
When I try to play a file it automatically copies it to a
temp directory and plays it from there.
I could give a step by step if needed, but it is not on
this computer, or close by
I like cameras with removable media, and NEVER connect
a camera to any computer. AND never let a computer write
to my camera flash cards.
I save a LOT of trouble and damaged files OR CARDS that way.
And, USB has its own problems. If things are not perfect (at the
lowest levels) very strange things happen...
If you don't believe that, buy some "cheap" flash card readers...
Opinions only, no proof or links, etc...
Rick Glazier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Tomporowski" <didym...@gmail.com>
To: <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Win7 and Digital Cameras
Thanks, I just wanted to make sure that I shouldn't be seeing an eject.
I remember all those Microsoft (and others) warnings about how you can
damage your USB device by unplugging it without ejecting it....
I'll have to search around a bit about the 'corrupted' picture problem.
I do get all the pictures, it's just a hassle.
Steve
Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
I just hooked up my Canon 780IS. I don't get a USB eject, but I don't
consider that a problem, as I just unplug when I'm done (I can't
remember the last time I did an eject device on USB, but I do make
sure there is no data transfer going on). I did let Win7 import about
90 photos; they all came in fine with no complains.
On 1/17/2010 7:58 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
Has anyone else noticed this: If I hook up my Kodak to this Win7
machine, I noticed two anomalies. First, there is no USB eject, at
least that I can find. Second, if I just import pictures from folder
to folder, I have absolutely no problems, even copying 50 or 60 in a
batch, however, if I let Win7 import the pictures, I frequently get
Win7 complaining that the picture is corrupted. If I retry, it will
get the picture eventually w/o a problem. With the import I get the
ability to date the pictures as they're imported. It just seems like
Win7 had a little bit of a problem with this.
Steve
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