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How do I get my card readers/drives back?
Hi,
My compact flash/SD/XD, etc., drives don't show up AGAIN today. (it's done this before several times.) I go into My Computer and it only lists the CD drives, nothing about the other types of storage cards from my card reader. (I can't download from my compact flash card into the computer.) I plug my card into the reader and nothing happens. This is the Dell in-computer 9in1 ?or 13in1? card reader. Any ideas on How to get the drives for these storage devices to appear so I can download my cards??
Dimension 510, Pentium D, XP w/Media Center Edition. 3GB of ram. Thanks.
DELL-Chris M
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August 24th, 2009 08:00
* Go to the Device Manager (hold the Windows key down and press Pause/Break)
* Locate either a direct entry for the card reader or possibly an unknown USB device entry
* Uninstall the Media Card Reader or the unknown USB device (right click on the device and then left click on uninstall)
* Close the Device Manager
* Restart the PC and when Windows starts, it should detect and reinstall the card reader
* If still no go -
* Power the PC off
* Open the side cover
* Find the Media Card Reader cable and disconnect/reconnect it to both the motherboard and the card reader
* Replace the side cover
* Power the PC on and windows should identify and load the Card Reader drivers
* The free hand should always ground itself to the PC before inserting or removing a card from the Media Card Reader