It's easy to transfer photos on your PC to an SD card.
Secure digital (SD) cards, used in digital cameras and other portable devices, let you store a variety of files on a medium that is easily shared on multiple platforms. Files on the SD card are transferred using the device's universial serial bus (USB) cable or by the use of an SD card writer. SD cards even allow the copying of photos from your PC to the SD card itself. This is ideal if you want to share photos with someone using another operating system or if you want to print the photos using a photo kiosk.
Instructions
Using a USB Connection Cable
1. Connect the camera to your computer by plugging the USB connection cable into the camera's USB port and any available USB port on your computer.
2. Turn on the camera. Your computer will recognize the camera and assign the device a drive letter. Certain digital camera models require you to confirm the switching to photo transfer mode. Press the appropriate key or select the menu option to activate the photo transfer mode, if required.
3. Click "Start" and then "My Computer."
4. Double-click the drive letter assigned to your digital camera's SD card. The SD card's Explorer window will open. Leave this window open.
5. Click "Start" and then "My Computer." Navigate to the directory containing the photos you want to copy to the SD card. Double-click the directory to open the folder.
6. Press and hold the "CTRL" key on your computer's keyboard as you click on the photos you want to copy. If you would like to copy all of the photos in the folder, click "Edit," "Select All."
7. Click "Edit," "Copy."
8. Switch to the SD card's Explorer window. Right-click anywhere in the right pane of the open window. Click "Edit," "Paste." Your selected photos will appear in the SD card's window.
9. Click "File," "Close" to close the SD card's Explorer window.
10. Click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon by the clock on your computer's desktop. Click on the drive letter assigned to the SD card. Click "Stop." When prompted, disconnect the USB cable from the camera.
Using an SD Card Reader
11. Remove the SD card from your digital camera by opening the SD card door on the side or bottom of your digital camera and pulling the card from the device.
12. Plug an SD card reader into any available USB port on your computer. Your computer will recognize the card reader and assign it a drive letter.
13. Plug the SD card into the card slot on the front of the card reader.
14. Click "Start," "My Computer." Double-click on the drive letter assigned to the card reader. The card reader's Explorer window will open. Leave this window open.
15. Complete Steps 5 through 9 in the "Using a USB Connection Cable" section of this article.
16. Click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon by the clock on your computer's desktop. Click on the drive letter assigned to the card reader. Click "Stop." When prompted, remove the SD card from the card reader. Disconnect the card reader from your computer's USB port.
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