On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:45:02 -0800, Tnafbrat
wrote:


"philo" wrote:
However...if the camera was not even connected to the computer...
the card could not have been infected with a virus.
More than likely, the file system had gotten corrupted...
possibly by removing the card while data was still being transferred.

This does sound more likely .. though I suppose there might be a way for
someone to create a virus that would "move against the flow", usually, you're
transferring from the camera TO the computer and it doesn't seem logical that
a virus could move from the computer to the card or camera during that type
of transfer. Though I guess it could if you were transfering From the
computer TO the card or camera.

Well, it wasn't I who had the problem -- I was just trying to avoid it
-- but a guy I met traveling, who says he didn't do anything, not even
open the door or remove the card, or transfer the pictures, since he
had no place to transfer them to. But he got a message on the screen
that something was messed up, and his card wouldn't work in someone
else's computer either. So it must have been messed up.

I think it is certainly likely that even the tech guy at the camera
store believed what he said. The card reader they sold me, for my
friend, and then I bought one too, was only 10 dollars. OTOH, when I
was looking at a 350 dollar camera and couldn't make up my mind, I
asked if I should ask for you (the salesman I was talking to) when I
came back, and he said it didn't matter. And I did buy it from
someone else, so unless they are very good at keeping track of who
talked the most to a customer, or at splitting commissions, they don't
get commissions. And I think it is the latter, so why lie for a 10 or
20 dollar sale? Even pros are wrong pretty often.

But I did buy the card reader, and it would especially come in handy
if I ever have to buy a second card. Of course, I would really only
need to do that if I ran out of space on the first card and DIDN"T
have a computer with me to offload the contents of the "first" card.
So I wouldn't need a card reader than either.

But is that why other people want card readers, when they have more
than one card and they want to swap cards quickly and let someone else
or themselves later spend time uploading the card to a computer or
printer??

Wasting 10 dollars doesn't bother me too much as long as I don't think
I was lied to.

Thanks for the info on the readers philo. that does seem to be the easiest
solution and since all my other usb devices work fine (as well as the hub),
it seems like the perfect solution for me .... at least until I break down
and upgrade to xp ... I just HATE redoing and reloading everything. Lazy is
my middle name :P lol

mm, drop a note in here if you find out more on that.

OK, above is probably all I will ever know. Unless I met someone who
contradicted you guys, and I doubt that will happen.

If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)