USB Cable Help?

Question

I'm having trouble with uploading photos to my computer. Usually when I hook up the camera, this is what happens:

1.The computer "blings" because it recognizes there is something plugged in.
2. I press the "on" button on the camera and a little blue light on the front starts blinking
3. The pop-up wizard comes up and asks if I want to upload photos and what not.

Well, yesterday I hooked up the camera and turned it on the computer "blinged" as usual but instead of the light blinking, the camera just came on (which is never does..it just blinks).

I asked on here what could be wrong and they said my USB cable is probably damaged. However, if the USB cable was damaged then wouldn't the computer not "bling" when I plugged it in?

I'm wondering: Is it the cable that is damaged, or is something wrong with the camera itself? Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

If you have XP or later, the PC will automatically recognize the camera as a "hard drive".
When you connect the camera, turn it on, and see if the PC assigns a hard drive letter to it. Navigate to that folder using explorer and you will find all your pictures. Then move them/copy them to your PC as you would with any other file.

No need for any popup wizards!