Hardware problem

[karohemd]

Just on a whim I tested if my laptop would recognise my D70 and strangely, despite the New Hardware found and "device is ready for use" messages, it doesn't show up in Explorer. It immediately did that on my PC which is also running XP.
It does show up in Device Manager, so the laptop knows it's there.

Update: Now it works but I don't know why. I switched the camera on and off and dis-/reconnected it and now the drive is there. I tried the powercycle/disconnect before, though.
I remember that something similar happened with my other camera...

Any ideas?

Comments

[sherbetsaucers.livejournal.com]

Any ideas?

A TV series staring Jackie Chan and Carrie Fisher that's kind of a cross between CHiPS and Ground Force. We could call it 'Carrie and Chan's Half Hour Madness."

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*laughs*
That would be funny!

[mazzarc.livejournal.com]

It's Microsplot.. need we say more?

[belak-krin.livejournal.com]

I've had similar problems with my (all be it pretty cheap) digital camera, sometimes seems like the computer forgets to check the USB connection properly, and wont recognise that there's a temporary storage device attached to it.

Sometimes needs the computer restarted, which seems to solve the problem. It doesn't happen that often, but I've never figured out why

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

But it was in Device Manager as a drive and everything, it just didn't show up in Explorer. Bloomin' Mickysoft...
It worked after the third power cycle of both camera and laptop.

[toxicpixie.livejournal.com]

Erm, it's knackered?

Who knows, with things being so darn complex these days and expected to cope with so many different bits and pieces it's a bloody wonder anything works at all!

Nathan, The Toxic Pixie