[TOOLS] USB SD-card reader (for camera) - making it work

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Hey all.

This had me stumped overnight, so maybe it'll help others.

I acquired a new digital camera, and began using it for 
product shots and how-to illustrations (the company 
camera is a clunky old thing that gathers dust on a 
shelf here in the office). Since direct cable connect 
from camera to my PC's USB port was slow and used up 
camera battery, I bought a little SD card reader.

I plugged it in, slapped in the SD card and watched 
while it didn't work.  Windows XP on a Dell Optiplex.
I'd get a new drive letter appearing, followed 
immediately by a request to insert the media. The 
medium was already inserted, and no amount of inserting 
and ejecting, plugging and unplugging, and even rebooting 
would make Windows show me what was on that SD card. 

I booted into Linux, and it worked like a charm. OK, 
so the problem is not the reader or the card.

It wasn't until I took the thing to a co-worker, 
and it worked on her machine, that I acquired a clue.

On her machine, the system opened two new removable 
drives, one for each of two slots in the reader.

Back at my machine, the problem became obvious. I had 
a bunch of physical drives using up letters of the 
alphabet, then a gap at "F:", then some mapped network 
drives, starting at "G:".  Aha!  

As soon as I disconnected the "G:" network link, freeing 
up that letter, Windows was able to open two SEQUENTIAL 
removable drives for the card reader (F: and G:).  
Windows is not smart enough to open one, then skip to 
the next available letter of the alphabet.  

So, if something like that ever happens to you, now 
you know.  Probably most of you already knew, but 
it was a new one for me.

Cheers,

Kevin (now up to his armpits in photos)


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