Minolta Dimage 5 USB drivers not installing from the CD...

[Pastore]

HELP!?!?! Just got my Dimage 5 in the mail... I have tried a hundred times to get the drivers to install for USB connectivity directly to the camera... The drivers wont install, says an error occured during installation... I cant find any USB drivers on the Minoltas website... I have no idea what else to try... I dont want to give in and buy a CF Card reader Please help!

 

[Mday]

what operating system are you using?

 

[Pastore]

i am running 2k... the manual says 2k is fully supported... what are these MS drivers you speak of?

 

[Mday]

someone mentioned in dpreview that the installation gives you an option of installing another set of drivers, "microsoft standard mass storage driver" and it worked for him. while the other drivers did not.

 

[Pastore]

not sure where those drivers are... definitely not on the CD...

 

[Mday]

uh, they should be on your w2k disc -.-

 

[Pastore]

oh the windows disk... i gotcha

 

[Mday]

windows treats the "camera" as a removable drive.

if you install it on w98\se you need the CD for the camera.

 

[Pastore]

<< windows treats the "camera" as a removable drive. >>



i understand that... but whenever i try to connect it, it says the drivers are not installed...

 

[Mday]

i am assuming you setup the camera to the usb connection as per the manual.

 

[Pastore]

yes i did... couldnt find anything on the 2k cd...

 

[Mday]

um, remove the drivers for the camera.

and do the reinstall routine again.

 

[Pastore]

there are no drivers installed... it gives me an error during installation saying an error occured and installation will end...

 

[Mday]

oooh =\

have you tried booting with the camera plugged in?

and is usb properly installed on your system?