Windows 7 has stopped my SD card reader from working.

Anonymous
2009-10-26T13:52:08+00:00

My SD card reader doesn't work in Windows 7. Have looked in device manager and all is there - have tried updating drivers and told mine are the latest (2006)...

I am not impressed with this system....looks like another Vista farce to me....

Also I have had to hard boot 4 times because my screen has frozen......WTF is going on??

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Anonymous
2009-10-27T21:31:48+00:00

Hi,

Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button ![](http://res2.windows.microsoft.com/resbox/en/Windows 7/Main/4/f/4f6cbd09-148c-4dd8-b1f2-48f232a2fd33/4f6cbd09-148c-4dd8-b1f2-48f232a2fd33.jpg) , clicking Control Panel , clicking Appearance and Personalization , and then clicking Folder Options .

Find these settings on the View tab in Folder Options.

Clear the Hide empty drives in the Computer folder check box, and then click OK .


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  1. Anonymous
    2009-10-26T18:05:13+00:00

    Hi OldHobo - 

    I have a Samsung X11 1.66 core duo , 2GB Ram 100GB HD GeoForce 7400 graphics card - now running Windows 7 Home Premium

    When I ran troubleshooter - it showed the SD Card with a red x - looked for drivers but couldn't find any. I removed drivers and reinstalled from Samsung cd. When I re-ran troubleshooter - no problems showed - BUT the SD card reader just wont read anything. I can use a mobile USB reader and that reads the cards - but I would very much like the internal one to work.

    As for the freezing - it just freezes occcassionally - no error messages

    I did a complete install after formating my HD to remove everything.

    Hope that helps -

    One other Question - how would u be able to see my laptop from there - is there anywhere I can log on that allows you to see it?

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-10-26T16:45:00+00:00

    What are your system specs and what error messages are you getting?  We can't see your computer from here, so the more specific info the better.

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