Cant find my installation disk to install software into new computer and windows will not recognise the camera to download the images

With the camera came a disk, with software for your computer. Before you can connect the camera, you have to install the software. It could be the driver on the disk is old and windows 8 won't allow you to install that one. If that happens, visit the sony support site to download the newest software and drivers. (also go there if you can't find your disk)
Only after you installed the software, you can connect the camera and switch it on.
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Most brands of cameras deliver a CD with the camera, containing software, needed to backup, transfer and work with the pictures shot, on a computer.
Most of the time there is software is for both, Windows and MAC.
Before you connect the camera to any computer, you should install the software. The disk also has the drivers for the old operating systems.
If you lost the CD, or just don't know where it is right now, you can go to the site of your camera brand and try to download the software you need. For that look under support.
If your camera is old, and the brand does not exist anymore, try a freeware picture transfer / editing software pack. Like Gimp or Adobe Photoshop elements.
Just connecting a camera to a computer causes two things. The camera shuts down, and the computer won't recognise the camera. So nothing works.
Some cameras can be charged with an USB cable connected to the computer. Another reason, why the camera shuts down when no software and no driver is installed.

The computer would require photo editing softwares installed to recognise imaged from camcorders. for example, generic image softwares also with photo format convertors performs recognistion of foreign images like with camcorders. Download the image format converters, possible the brand details of the camera is useful towards acquiring compartible generic image photo softwares.

1. To download pictures from Camera to PC/Laptop, you can goto Start >> My Computer.

2. Here you will see a icon of "Removable Drive" (Camera).

3. Just open it and copy all your pictures to the PC.

4. You can also download the Canon Powershot Software from.

User Guide : http://its.lafayette.edu/downloads/pdfs/manuals/CanonPowerShotA530Manual.pdf

Driver Download :
http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010333.asp
http://driverscollection.com/?H=PowerShot%20A530&By=Canon


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Windows will recognise the camera as a storage device without any drivers or installation disks being installed...just plug it in, turn on the camera and wait till windows recognises it...it will then appear in My Computer as a new driver (E:,F:.G: etc etc).

Right click "My Computer" and choose properties.

Click on "Hardware" from the tabs up the top, then the "Device Manager" button

Click on your computer name (top of the tree list) and you will notice a new button apear up the stop (scan for new hardware)...click on that and then follow the prompts that come up (Found Hardware Wizard)..


Also you can go to

http://www.vivitar.com/support.php and search for your camera and grab whatever software came that was with the camera

Remove all Camera Software.
Assuming you have a Windows Computer when the camera is plugged in and in the upload mode
The computer will recognise it as a new device in My Computer.

if your camera has normal USB cable, just connect it and Windows XP will detect it as Plug n Play thing and its memory will be recognised as Removable Disk. ;)

daughter can't find disk to install

Assuming your laptop is XP then it should recognise the camera as another drive. Have you installed the Camera software that come on a disk? If so uninstall it and let Windows do the work. The other way is to invest in a cheap USB card reader