Windows Vista has been reading my sd card for 2 years - has stopped working- I can still import direct from camera but not off sd- I have tried new sd cards (no help)- The device manager shows sd reader is working properly.
Are you using an External SD Card reader? Or is it Internal?
If the card reader is an external one check in a different computer just to make sure it’s working or not.
Follow these steps and check:
Step 1:
This package fixes a problem in which the SD card may occasionally stop responding on a Windows Vista-based computer.
Download the Hotfix for your computer and check.
KB936825
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Try to
uninstall and reinstall drivers for SD Card reader and check. Follow these
steps:
You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.
1.Open Device Manager by clicking the
Start button, clicking
Control Panel, clicking
System and Maintenance, and then clicking
Device Manager.If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2.In Device Manager, locate Disk Drives -
SD Card reader to uninstall and then right-click the device name and uninstall it.
3.Now restart the system
4.Windows will discover the device and install it automatically.
If External you can try this:
You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.
1.Open
Device Manager by following above step.
2.In Device Manager, locate the
USB Controllers - Right Click - UNINSTALL everything in
the Category one at time EXCEPT the Category itself – REBOOT.
This will refresh the USB driver stack. Now try to plug the SD Card Reader and check.