Win XP and a Pentax camera

[KBTibbs]

Hello,

I've had a Pentax camera (Optio 330) for several months and have been very happy with it. All I have had to do to transfer the pics to my Windows XP PC are plug it in and run through the wizard that pops up. However, I think I accidentally clicked on the "advanced" option on the wizard. This bypasses the wizard and just pulls up the removable drive (e:\) that windows sets the camera up as. This is all correct since the Pentax web page shows the ability to access the pics in such a way. However, the path is supposed to be e:\DCIM\100Pentx but I can only get to "E:\" I double click on the DCIM folder windows explorer either stops responding or I get the following error, "E:\DCIM is not accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."

So what I need is to either figure out how to access the pics through Windows explorer, or (preferably) switch it back so I can use the wizard again.

Thanks,

KBTibbs

P.S. I have tried to uninstall and re-install this with the latest driver, but it still brings it up as the removable drive. Also, in the scanner and camera wizard found in the control panel is for installation only, not transfering the pics.

 

[WW]

are uninstalling the software, and then remove the usb device from the device manager, then installing like the first time it was setup?

with the xp driver from the website.

have you reformatted your flash card in the camera? maybe something got messed up in the file structure.

if all else fails, buy a $15 compactflash reader and try it.