James Newman
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I only have an HP Pavilion PC that is running Windows XP SP2. I have had it for about one year now and I use it for all of my photography work. The time needed to download a card full of RAW files has gotten completely unbearable so I bought a Firewire Reader from Sandisk and hoped my problems would be solved. It does not work on my PC. The drive is recognized but I can in no way access it. It just keeps giving me a device I/O error. Sandisk technical support was completely no help at all. I started doing more research into the matter and now it turns out that it is something to do with Windows XP and what their Service Pack 2 did to the Firewire ports. I am not really up on all of the computer stuff but it sounds like a whole lot of people have had this same exact problem and they are none too happy with either Microsoft or Sandisk. Has anyone else had this issue or am I the only XP user left in the world of photography?
By the way, I returned the Firewire reader and ordered just a regular USB 2.0 model that hopefully will at least be an improvement over what I currently have. I have a built-in reader on the front of my PC that takes 4 different kinds of media. Maybe I am wrong and the current one is USB also so the new one I just ordered may not be any better anyway. I guess I wait and see.
Sorry...this should have been a couple of forums down I guess. If someone could move it that would be great.
By the way, I returned the Firewire reader and ordered just a regular USB 2.0 model that hopefully will at least be an improvement over what I currently have. I have a built-in reader on the front of my PC that takes 4 different kinds of media. Maybe I am wrong and the current one is USB also so the new one I just ordered may not be any better anyway. I guess I wait and see.
Sorry...this should have been a couple of forums down I guess. If someone could move it that would be great.