Computer help PLEASE!!

[MCNorris]

So I am trying to get some pics of our wedding onto my comp but when I try to open the SD card it says it can't be opened because of an I/O error, my wife had just had pics printed off from this card at walmart monday and we just bought this card for the wedding on friday. Can anybody help?

 

[Skwerly]

Did you go to "My Computer" or "Computer" (for Vista) and try opening the folder manually so you can see the files like a folder?

 

[MCNorris]

yea, that's how I am trying to open it.

 

[Rolex]

Your Camera should have come with a program that would open for importing as soon as you plug it in. At that point, you might have to select an option from the camera menu.

If that doesn't do it, go to your photo program and select Import, then select Twain source, then select the letter for that USB.

 

[RC Addict]

yea, that's how I am trying to open it.

I hope WalMart didn't wipe 'em. You should be able to open then from "Computer" by double clicking on the "Removable Drive" or "Removable Media". I have Kodak software on my desktop to open and organize things but if I am on my laptop I do it the "Computer" way. A JPEG is a JPEG...

Good luck, buddy!

 

[Candyman]

Try popping the card back in the camera and see if you can access the photos from there. If so, you know they're still on the card and it's an issue with the computer interface.

 

[ohmygahitscoby]

Are you accessing it through the cable connected to the camera, or are you plugging in the SD card into a port on a reader or in your computer? I'd try both to see what happens.

 

[MCNorris]

I put it into my camera and it says it needs formatting, the pics were taken on another camera because ours isn't all that great.

 

[Rolex]

I'm starting to get a nasty feeling that WalMart wiped it. Did you get a CD with your prints?

 

[RC Addict]

I put it into my camera and it says it needs formatting, the pics were taken on another camera because ours isn't all that great.

Oh crap! They wiped it, buddy. I am sooo sorry. Hope you got that CD like Ralph said...

*EDIT* You said you put it in your camera but not the one that took the photos? It may not be lost yet. I don't have a spare card outta anything else but I am betting my Kodak would want to re-format any card that wasn't formatted in it.

Are you using a card reader to read the SD card, and if so internal or external? You may just have a bad USB cable???

 

[Candyman]

I concur with RCAddict. If you're putting the card in a different camera, it may be looking for a different format. that may be why the camera wants to reformat.

Still confusing why the computer won't recognize it. I guess if you're strolling by Walmart you could just try it in their machine again....****shrugs****

 

[RC Addict]

I concur with RCAddict. If you're putting the card in a different camera, it may be looking for a different format. that may be why the camera wants to reformat.

Yep. While a JPEG is a JPEG the software in a given camera isn't necessarily the same. Different coding format, etc.

 

[Rolex]

If you're using a card reader in the computer, go to 'Computer' and right click the card, then click 'Explore' and see if the thumbnails open.

 

[MCNorris]

The card reader is internal, all of my other SD and Memorysticks work in it fine, I DID get a cd's made though, thank the lord! I'll try taking it to walmart and see if it works on their kiosk still.

 

[kswiencki]

the kiosk shouldn't of wiped anything off the media. Its a possibility that someone used a "dirty" card in the kiosk infecting it. By "dirty" I mean that it could of been infected with some strain of virus/worm/trojan. When they used it, because it reads the ENTIRE contents of the card, the dirtyness of the card was transferred to the kiosk... This happened to my wife's micro SD card from her phone. SUCH a pain in the A$$. I don't trust public computers. They are kind of like public toilets...

So try this.. depending on your knowledge of command based programs, open a CMD window (Start>Open Program>CMD) and try diskpart (if your using XP. if your using Crapsta AKA Vista, your out of my league...) then use the command "list volume" the USB card will have removable somewhere next to it... to the right i think.. if the size is what its supposed to be along with the filesystem (FAT32), then its funtional. That means there is a partition there and its formatted to be used.. If its saying that it needs to be formatted, try low level scanning it with your virus scanner. to at least save the card....

If you got all the data off the media, and you just want to make the card usable, just format it.. Don't "quick format" it though, that won't rid you of the culprit.. let it take its time..

 

[Rolex]

Good info.

I thought you were looking to save all the photos in your computer.
If you have the CD, you have no problem.
If you're just looking to reuse the card, do the virus scan on it and then the complete format. You might even want to do that within the camera.