Digital Camera Problems

I have a Toshiba PDR M25 that was a gift from my brother
(his castoff!). The manual says that Windows ME does NOT
need a driver installed. When I first hooked up the USB
cable the computer gave me a message that new hardware had
been detected, etc. and looked like it was uploading from
the camera or opening the appropriate driver. Then the
message box went away, I had no hourglass, all I had was
my desktop - virtually unchanged. I left the camera
hooked up for 15 minutes and still nothing happened.
What's the problem??? Can anyone help???

-----Original Message-----
I have a Toshiba PDR M25 that was a gift from my brother
(his castoff!). The manual says that Windows ME does NOT
need a driver installed. When I first hooked up the USB
cable the computer gave me a message that new hardware
had
been detected, etc. and looked like it was uploading from
the camera or opening the appropriate driver. Then the
message box went away, I had no hourglass, all I had was
my desktop - virtually unchanged. I left the camera
hooked up for 15 minutes and still nothing happened.
What's the problem??? Can anyone help???
.

With the camera attached, try opening My Computer, and see
if the camera shows as a new, removable disk.
If it is there, you can browse into it to copy / move your
photo from your camera to your hard disk.
When you plug the camera in, there should a new icon
indicating a removable disk appearing in the system tray.
BEFORE you remove the camea, click on that icon, and you
should get a menu to allow you to "stop" the USB camera.
Stop the camera, and you will get a message when it is
safe to disconnect the camera.

Good Luck

BarryG