I have a polaroid t730 camera and have been able to upload photos to my hp laptop in the past. however, upon trying to upload photos now, my computer does no seem to recognize that the camera is attatched at all, and therefore, will not upload photos. how do i fix this?

You don't need the Polaroid software.
The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.
Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program such as Picasa.

this site should be able to help you out
just a few clicks and you got everything you need

http://www.downloadplex.com/Drivers/Digital-Camera/Polaroid/polaroid-digital-camera-t730-driver_176507.html

Sounds like "a portion of them" are in an image format which is not recognized by your operating system.
I believe Polaroid is using some variant of the jpg image format.

If the "portion of them" you are referring to are movies, then you must have the proper software installed.

Did you try re-installing the software that came with the camera?

Consider NOT connecting the camera to the computer.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive. Or you can use any photo cataloging program.

To my knowledge, the t730 only supports sd cards up to 1GB. It doesn't support any bigger cards, nor can it read SDHC cards, which use a different compression to 'regular' SD cards. Hope that helps even though it's not good news. At least there is probably nothing wrong with your t730, you'll just have to stick to older SD cards.

Try a watch or jewelry repair shop.

Hi dear, just use a card reader, forget about the trouble.Just enjoy!

Polaroid does not supply drivers on their support pages...

Try this one. Version 1.0 from July 5, 2007. Nothing newer seems to be around.

http://www.downloadplex.com/Drivers/Digital-Camera/Polaroid/polaroid-digital-camera-t730-driver_176507.html

I can'tg upload pictures. I have a polarioid t11031 digital camera, and I have a USB cord ffor it, but my computer does not recognize it when I plug it in. I want to know how I can get the pitctures off my camera and onto my computer.

hi my girlfiend had the same problem, you can download the driver here:::

http://polaroid.com/service/software/digcams/t_series/t730driver.exe

(note that this is a direct download, and will not navigate you to a new page)