My computer, which is around 4 years old and running Windows XP Home, has a card reader which will accept various card types including the SD card from my camera.

It will read the 1GB card in my old camera OK but not the 4GB in my new camera. In addition the same reader includes a USB2 port which also wont connect to the camera if I use a cable although if I plug the same cable into one of the USB ports on the computer they work OK.

I had thought it was the reader unit which had failed but as it reads the 1GB card that seems to suggest something else.

Do I need an updated driver or similar?

As you'll realise I'm not the best with computers so any help would be appreciated.

John.

have you installed the software that came with the camera

The 4GB card is probably a SDHC card that the reader cannot read

This might shed some light on your problem ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_digital

Have you installed XP SP3? That will more than likely solve the problem

[Edited on 21-11-10 by RazMan]

should still read it if you connect the camera to the pc

I had the same with a SDHC I bought, got a SDHC usb card reader fron ebay for a couple of quid in the end.

Andy

won't read anything over 500mb, I guess they didn't think to future proof it when built.

SDHC was an extension to SD to take it over the 2GB boundary. Hardware for it only took off 1-2 years ago, so your device is probably only SD-Compatible.

£5 reader from ebay + latest service packs should sort it....

Alternatively, just plug the camera into your PC...

[Edited on 21/11/10 by stevebubs]

sdhc readers available at poundshop if you have one local and guess what,...... yup only £1

For cards that size, if you have a FireWire port in your computer, I would recomend a FireWire reader.
Soooo much faster

Yeah, the new card will be SDHC and you will need a 3rd part addapter, usb is prolly ok (£1-2off ebay) for most people but if you using it for large data transfers a firewire might not be stupid if you can