SD Card Drive not working

aj9648

Hi

I am having a problem with my SD card slot on my HP Elitebook 6930p laptop. I took my 4GB sd card out of my camera and tried to upload pics to the laptop but could not recognise the SD card.

I know there is nothing wrong with the SD card as it seems to work on my work laptop. I also tried updating drivers on laptop but still no response

Any ideas or helpers?

Thanks

davb

What drivers did you use, RICOH Media Driver Version 2.10.00.04 seems to work for some people, as this post

spakkker

Get a usb card reader from poundland or ebay.
How old is the laptop?

aj9648

Laptop is only 12 months old - Windows 7, 3GB RAM, Core 2 Duo etc. Will make sure RICOH media driver is installed as well

luci

It may be that the card reader can't read SDHC cards, only SD cards.

mr_fishbulb

luci wrote: »

It may be that the card reader can't read SDHC cards, only SD cards.

That's what I was thinking too.

OP - have you got a 2GB or smaller SD card you can test?

aj9648

HI

I hope someone could help me out here. As suggested above I installed the drivers and my card was identified. However it says that the card is corrupt and unreadale and needs to be formatted. Also I then bought a lead direct from camera to PC and tried downloading pics and also I got the same message. I dont want to to format as I would lose all the pics......what can I do to get the pics off the camera and onto my hard drive......please help - pics from the last month since we had our baby are on there !!!!

spakkker

Try recuva - http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/standard

davb

Can you view the pictures on the camera? if you can, then its probably an issue with the computer connection.
If you can't I would try Recuva but be careful on what you are clicking - definitely don't format the card.

aj9648

Yes I can view on camera. Tried 2 different laptops but still same error message - will try recuva and see how i get on

aj9648

tried recuva and some other programs - getting desperate now as all baby pics are on there.....may have to call some professionals tomorrow!!!!