working with digital images
You can connect a digital image source, such as a digital camera or a digital video camera, directly to the PC or through a docking station. Digital picture files you copy or download from the device appear in the My Pictures folder. You can copy digital picture files from the memory cards used by digital cameras and other digital imaging devices by using the
about the 7-in-1 memory card reader
Digital cameras and other digital imaging devices use memory cards, or media, to store digital picture files. The optional
The card reader is accessible on the front of the PC. It has four horizontal card slots which accept the memory cards and the microdrive disk drive.
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CompactFlash™ type I media | Lower left slot |
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CompactFlash type II media | Lower left slot |
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IBM Microdrive disk drive | Lower left slot |
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Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card | Upper right slot |
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MultiMediaCard (MMC) | Upper right slot |
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Memory Stick® (MS) Memory Card | Lower right slot |
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SmartMedia™ (SM) Memory Card | Upper left slot |
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You can place media in one or more of the card slots and use each media independently. Place only one piece of media in a slot at one time.
Each card slot has its own drive letter and icon. When you insert media, the display label may change to the title of the media, if the title is present.
special note about the safely remove hardware utility
CAUTION: Do not click Stop in the Safely Remove Hardware window with the USB Mass Storage Device selected. Doing so removes the operating system recognition of the
If you open the Safely Remove Hardware window by mistake, click Close.
