Uploading Pictures From Memory Card To PC

[jmrpjb]

Just recently, the pictures that are on my memory card (Canon PowerShot A540) are not showing up on my computer. I used to be able to find them in the file on my computer called, 'CANON_DC (E), but now it says that the folder is 'empty'. When I plug the memory card in, the list of devices changes to include, 'CANON_DC (E) but there's nothing there. I've tried right-clicking it to try 'uploading photos' but that option doesn't present inself. I'm probably not giving you enough information, but based on what I've written so far, does anyone know what I can do?

Thank you for any help you can offer.

 

[TVeblen]

When this card is in the camera, are there pictures then?

 

[jmrpjb]

Yes, I can see the pictures and, as I said, I was always able to find the pictures in the past. I've obviously done something to mess things up but I have no idea what. Is there some information about my system that would allow you to see any recent changes made to my pc that might cause this?

 

[whs]

Why don't you take the card out of the camera and read it directly from the SD card reader.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Just recently, the pictures that are on my memory card (Canon PowerShot A540) are not showing up on my computer. I used to be able to find them in the file on my computer called, 'CANON_DC (E), but now it says that the folder is 'empty'. When I plug the memory card in, the list of devices changes to include, 'CANON_DC (E) but there's nothing there. I've tried right-clicking it to try 'uploading photos' but that option doesn't present inself. I'm probably not giving you enough information, but based on what I've written so far, does anyone know what I can do?

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Did the pictures load to the memory card or camera's memory drive?
You might want to transfer photo's directly from camera with usb connection.
One time I took photo's but forgot that I didn't have an SD card in camera so I ended up transferring photo's from camera to pc.
THW

 

[jmrpjb]

That sounds like something I would do. When it comes to me and my computer, whatever can go wrong, usually does. (Murphy's Law)

Anyway, I can't find my usb cable but I shouldn't need it because the memory card always worked in the past. I know the pictures are on it because I can SEE THEM when the card is in the camera. I just don't know what happens to them between there and the PC. They used to always be listed in one of the files that branches off CANON_DC (E). I'm wondering if somehow I've changed something that used to include the file where the pictures are and now excludes it?? (You know how you have to tell each library what folders to include?) Well maybe I've inadvertently done something to cause the file to appear 'empty' when it should contain the pictures on my memory card.

I just now read whs's post to "take the card out of the camera and read it directly from the SD card reader". How do I do this?

 

[AddRAM]

You take the sandisc out of the camera and put it in the card reader, do you have a sandisk card reader on your pc ?

In your 1st post you even say "when I plug the memory card in"

 

[jmrpjb]

This is to TVeblen. Yes, I can view the pictures when the card is still in the camera but they're nowhere to be found when the card is plugged into the pc. (As I posted previously, the pc does acknowledge when I plug it in, but, alas, the file that appears is empty.)

 

[jmrpjb]

Hey, now that was fast! And you guessed it, I do NOT have a sandisk

 

[AddRAM]

Sandisk is a general term, so what are you plugging the memory card into then ?

 

[jmrpjb]

There's a slot on my pc

 

[AddRAM]

Reboot the pc, then put the card back in and try again, it happens. Go into the camera without the card in, do you still see any pictures on the camera ?

 

[jmrpjb]

No pictures. The screen reads, "No memory card"

 

[AddRAM]

OK, that`s good then.

 

[jmrpjb]

But I still can't see my pics on the pc. Plus, now I've managed to add a program called, Windows Easy Transfer which isn't listed in the Control Panel's list of programs and now I don't know how to remove it. Is there a Chat Forum or something we can use, if you have the time?

 

[whs]

I really don't understand what is going on here. If you have a standard SD card, Sandisk or other, from a Canon camera, there should be at least 1 folder on the card. You have to open that folder and look for the DCIM folder. The pics should be in there.

 

[TVeblen]

You could save a lot of time if you could find your USB cable and connect the camera directly to the PC. That way you could get all your photos off the card.

Then we can deal with formatting the card so it can be seen by the card reader in Windows.

 

[jmrpjb]

THAT'S the name of the folder the pics USED TO show up in, "DCIM". But that folder no longer appears when I plug the memory card into the pc.

I will buy another usb cable if that will solve the problem but I have my doubts. Because IT USED to work with just the memory card. So, the bottom line is, why doesn't it work now?

 

[whs]

Rather than another cable I would get another SD card. I think there is something wrong with either the card or the camera.

As a last check see whether this tiny little switch on the side of the card is not set to 'Lock". If yes unlock it and try again. That little switch could have eaily be moved during all the maneuvers.

 

[jmrpjb]

It was not set to lock. So, thank you for all your help, and I guess I'll go shopping.

Bye for now