I borrowed a friends SanDisk Exreme SD card with some photos on it that i would like to view/transfer to my computer.I am unable to view anything on the card with my SD card reader connecting to my PCHis photos were taken with a canon 40dThe photos were exported from his laptop to the SD card as .jpegMy sd card reader is SDHC compatibleI was able to verify that the SD card has not malfunctionedMy card reader reads my Transcend SD card just fine. My photos are NIKOND5100Is this not going to work or is there something else i can do?
The best way they are made i wouldn't see it being a gigantic dilemma it'll surely make some contact and scratch the cardboard. Similar to whilst you get a brand new debit/credit card and swipe it for the first time it has some scratches or marks from swiping it.
I've had a similar problem. Using a multi-card reader with a USB cord, only the first half of the pictures would show up. I think it has to do with the inherent processing speed of the reader: some of the older types of readers just aren't strong enough to read large (4 GB) or high-speed cards. I have since switched to a thumbdrive-type reader (where the card plugs into the thumbdrive and there is no cord involved), and it works fine. And the beauty is that if you have a card you're not using, you can leave it in there and it works just like any other thumbdrive. (And, presumably, you have your friend's permission to copy his pictures, right?)
Well the good thing is that is sounds like the photos are alive and well on your friends computer. The truth is that SD cards aren't that good at transferring information. They are very likely to malfunction. Get your friend to put the files on a portable hard drive or email the photos to you.
