"Steve" <steve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Am I doing something wrong or is there more than one flavour of USB2
> card reader?
>
> Until a few days ago my biggest SD card (for a D80) was 2Gb. All
> fine and dandy - stick it in the card reader and up it would pop as
> a drive from which content could be retrieved. Having a card reader
> saves on the faff, minor though it is, of having to connect the USB
> cable to the camera. Card out, slot it in the reader, dump stuff,
> pop card back into camera, format card to start afresh.
>
> I now have a 4Gb SDHC card. Works fine in the camera. However, the
> card reader (or should that be Windows (XP SP2)? ) can't see the
> card and Windows explorer ends up hanging. Using the faff method -
> plug the USB cable into the camera - Explorer finds the card/camera
> straight off no problem. It would *seem* to be the card reader but
> I'd like to just check the collective wisdom here before I mooch off
> looking for a compatible one. Are not all card readers equal? Have
> I missed some fundamental setting?
>
> TIA,
> Steve
No card readers are capable of reading all cards.
I would strongly suggest you get a card reader that is of the same
brand (or their reccomended brand and model) of the card itself.
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