New Computer Not Reading SD Card

Posted on by Debra

Hi, as you have read- my computer crashed last month. I must repeat this one important message- remember to take the time to back every single file up to a secure location! Okay now that we have that established…….

Working on this week’s post, I went to download pictures from Thanksgiving and my youngest grand-daughters first birthday party. Since the crash, most of my software programs have been re-installed on the new computer. Previously I downloaded images from my Nikon camera SD card just fine. Well this evening I opened Lightroom ready to import the Sony images. Nothing. I went to the file manager to locate the SD card- not there. This took forever to figure out why my computer was not reading my Sony camera SD card when it could read the Nikon camera SD card.

My computer is hp Pavillion Desktop Windows 10 and the camera with issues- Sony NEX-5N. The following steps listed below fixed my problem with computer not reading my cameras SD card- an update to the card reader driver.

First, I had to locate the device manager.



If you have any computer issues, BestBuy has a service available to assist with scenarios such as this.

Best Wishes,
debra

PS- The first year birthday images will be in the next post!

4 thoughts on “New Computer Not Reading SD Card”

  1. I have an iMac and used their photo program and the SD card.  I had to upgrade the server and since then I’ve had to go back to using the cord.  It is so frustrating to be forced to make an update and then have nothing working the same. I glad you figured it out.

    1. I am the IT person in my family. No experience except for what is self taught. Which is why when this sort of thing happens can take me f o r e v e r to fix. It literally took me all day!

  2. I upgraded to a new computer about 6 months ago. My old computer was about as old as yours and I was still running Windows 7 because I couldn’t upgrade it! I like Windows 10 and I love my new computer but it wasn’t an easy transition. My biggest complaint is that my Microsoft web camera isn’t compatible with Windows 10 and they don’t plan to fix the drivers. Just want you to buy a new camera. Frustrating! Oh and I never did find my license for Photoshop — it was a good excuse to finally upgrade to Photoshop CC. Thanks for your help! 

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