Hi,

First, look in device manager...
It may be listed under 'Memory Technology Driver'
Mine is listed as a 'JMB38X...'
If not there, look for something that says it is a 'SD/MMC Host
Controller' or maybe a 'xD Host Controller'

Next, in my setup, the Disk Manager doesn't list any drives with no memory
card inserted.
Get a new one, and without formatting it in your camera try it on your
computer.
Mine lists it in Disk Manager after I insert a card. It will show as a
removable drive.
My computer is about a year old and it lists the device as an iSCSI
device.
Some older laptops use an internal USB to connect.

Next, if it still doesn't work, go back to device manager and select to
'Show Hidden Devices'.
Be careful here, since you may have lots of hidden devices, but, search
again for your SD card controller again.
Find the name and search on Google to find the manufacturer. You PC
manufacture may also have drivers.
Don't trust windows to update the drivers correctly all the time.
Since you said you had VISTA Home Edition, the restore to a save-point is
out of the question.
However, left click on the device (there may be more than 1 device!!!) on
my setup my laptop has 4 devices associated with the SD/MMC card slot. And
select 'Properties'...
From the properties select the 'Driver' tab. There should be a button for
'Roll Back Driver'. Use that button to restore to the previous driver.

Next, if that still doesn't work...
Uninstall the drivers!
You have to use the show hidden devices trick to do this also; especailly
since you say you don't see your card reader registering in Device Manager.
Download the drivers from the PC manufacturer. If you can't find those,
as a last resort search the internet for the manufacturer of the chipset for
the card reader. On my setup a simple search for JMB38x did the trick...
but it doesn't always work.

Let me know if these don't work.

James K.

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I have a built-in card reader in my laptop. However, I can only see it
in Device Manager if I have a card inserted. I am having trouble as,
when I insert a card, the card reader isn't showing up - so I can't
check the driver because I can't find it. I changed it recently to the
most updated, digitally signed driver. Can someone help?