Forget the egg. I'm glad you've got the problem solved. It's been
interesting watching the growing pains of cheap technologies such as xD
and SD that figured they could get by without including a built-in
controller as does CF. CF has had it right all along as the card itself
handles the technology change while leaving the interface untouched.
Chuck Norcutt
JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
> Chuck,
> red faced reply follows.......Due to downloading initially from CF
> cards I needed to use SanDisk reader. I then automatically continued using
> the reader for the SD cards without thinking that Sd and SDHC cards are
> fundamentally different beasts. I also failed to "realise" that the NEW
> laptop has a SD card reader built in....which RECOGNISES SDHC cards.
> Problem solved but "egg on face" :-0
> Regards
> John Duggan,
> Wales, UK
>
>
> --- On Sat, 27/6/09, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> I should have added: Or
>> download from the camera that uses the SDHC cards.
>> Chuck Norcutt
> ........................................................................
>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> There's nothing wrong except your outdated
>> reader. SD and SDHC cards
>>> (despite the name similarity) are totally incompatible
>> with each other
>>> except for fitting in the same slot. You'll not
>> get by the problem
>>> until you get a new reader.
>>> Chuck Norcutt
> ..........................................................................
>>> JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> Just finished downloading images to new laptop
>> running VISTA. Images using a mixture of SD and Compact
>> Flash cards. Images taken using E510, Canon 40D, and Canon
>> G9.
>>>> Part way through my SanDisk reader packed up.
>> Windoze froze and the whole computer got VERY UPSET.
>>>> After much head scratching...and a few harsh words
>> (not helped by the Lions losing to South Africa) I traced
>> the problem to 3 SdHC cards made by SanDisk. Setup loads
>> images from SD cards but SDHD cards give it a real headache
>> and lock up machine. HELPPPPPPPPPPPP.
>>>> What can I do...about 12 GB of images on SDHD
>> cards and I cannot get bto them. Ideas greatfully accepted
>>>> Regards
>>>> John Duggan,
>>>> Wales, UK
>
>
>
>
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