Olympus XD card won't read!!

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Atlantica wrote:
> My 256mb XD card (Olympus) cannot be read when I put it into a card reader
> to my PC. The only way I can view and download the images is directly from
> the camera to PC via a USB cable. Why is this?
>
> When I have my Fuji XD cards in the camera, the card reader recognises them
> immediately and there are folders present there created by the card. These
> folders are missing with the Olympus card. HELP!!!

Hi Atlantica...

Did you perhaps forget to install the card reader driver?

Take care.

Ken

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Looks like you might have a southbound xD card - which I use also. Have
you tried reformatting the card in the camera?

Atlantica wrote:

> I don't have a driver installed. I am using Windows XP and it doesn't need
> any other driver to work the card reader. As I said, all my Fuji cards read
> ok. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. Much appreciated.
>
> "Ken Weitzel" <kweitzel@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:LjHoe.1577411$Xk.566581@pd7tw3no...
>
>>
>>Atlantica wrote:
>>
>>>My 256mb XD card (Olympus) cannot be read when I put it into a card
>>>reader to my PC. The only way I can view and download the images is
>>>directly from the camera to PC via a USB cable. Why is this?
>>>
>>>When I have my Fuji XD cards in the camera, the card reader recognises
>>>them immediately and there are folders present there created by the card.
>>>These folders are missing with the Olympus card. HELP!!!
>>
>>Hi Atlantica...
>>
>>Did you perhaps forget to install the card reader driver?
>>
>>Take care.
>>
>>Ken
>>
>
>
>

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Excuse my ignorance but what do you mean by a southbound card?


"Bruce Coryell" <bcoryell@chesco.com> wrote in message
news:1XJoe.8858$Cz3.1098824@monger.newsread.com...
> Looks like you might have a southbound xD card - which I use also. Have
> you tried reformatting the card in the camera?
>
> Atlantica wrote:
>
>> I don't have a driver installed. I am using Windows XP and it doesn't
>> need any other driver to work the card reader. As I said, all my Fuji
>> cards read ok. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. Much appreciated.
>>
>> "Ken Weitzel" <kweitzel@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:LjHoe.1577411$Xk.566581@pd7tw3no...
>>
>>>
>>>Atlantica wrote:
>>>
>>>>My 256mb XD card (Olympus) cannot be read when I put it into a card
>>>>reader to my PC. The only way I can view and download the images is
>>>>directly from the camera to PC via a USB cable. Why is this?
>>>>
>>>>When I have my Fuji XD cards in the camera, the card reader recognises
>>>>them immediately and there are folders present there created by the
>>>>card. These folders are missing with the Olympus card. HELP!!!
>>>
>>>Hi Atlantica...
>>>
>>>Did you perhaps forget to install the card reader driver?
>>>
>>>Take care.
>>>
>>>Ken
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>