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My SD card reader wont work?

i ve tried going to my devices and its not there it only says my computer my mouse and printers and stuff. and when i try putting in my SD card nothing happens.

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If it is an external SD Card Reader like a Scandisk, you have to install the hardware drivers because the computer will not recognize this device attached to a USB port. It doesn't know what it is. I have one. If you are inserting it directly into the computer, it may be in an open state and no computer will see it. This happens with USB devices that use memory chips and even external hard drives, To check if this is the issue, have the computer running, plug in the SD card and if it doesn't show up, leave it plugged in and shut down the computer. Once it is off remove the SD Card and boot back on. Once it is running, plug the SD Card back in. If the computer now sees it, it was left in an open state. The way to avoid this situation is not to remove these devices until you shut down the computer. Even though there is a program to safely remove these devices, they can actually leave these in an open state. This is knowledge if from my own personal experience, not common knowledge.
yeah my micro sd adapter stoppd working for my workstation the lite lit up and evyrthing yet i went to workstation and it nevertheless wernt there (i replaced the call to my own) so i double clicked evrything to work out if its there yet i found it and suggested i could format it in spite of the undeniable fact that it wouldnt enable me so i've got been given yet another a million for unfastened (OKorder coupon :P) and it fairly works nice, what could desire to of been the subject??
In general, most cheap branded and generic Multi card readers do not need for any one to install drivers to; because generally the operating system will determine what it is and end up using a default USB driver to allow you to use it afterwards. The SD Card itself in the Multi-card reader, might be damaged; perhaps you can try to format it if it detect it at all; if not then try another SD Card, they should be relatively cheap. It also depends on what kind of SD Card, a Full sized or a microSD requiring a special adaptor and so forth.

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