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travelbugusa
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I have a Sony Vaio laptop that is almost 2 years old, operating Windows 7. I plugged an SD card into one of the slots a few days ago, and it did not show up on the screen under my computer. I thought maybe something was wrong with it. Right now I have 2 flash drives plugged in that I cannot seem to get "permission" to take out. When I double click the icon with the plug and green check mark, nothing pops up asking me what I want to remove!

I had a similar problem to this a few years ago with a Toshiba and someone on here told me to try updating the bios. That worked! I have searched the archives on here and cannot find that old message with the directions for that!

I am hoping there are still some of the same smart people hanging out in TT who can advise me! :)

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phimeow
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I plugged an SD card into one of the slots a few days ago, and it did not show up on the screen under my computer.

BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING: Have you tried using the SD card in another laptop/PC or via a USB SD card reader to see if the SD card is OK?

Right now I have 2 flash drives plugged in that I cannot seem to get "permission" to take out.

You simply shutdown the laptop. when the laptop is turned off you can safely unplug the 2 USB flash drives from the laptop. (Applies to the SD card as well)

FWIW, both Win XP and Win 7 suffer occasionally from USB problems i.e. USB flash drives not being recognised on insertion. Apart from doing complicated things to the BIOS or Device Manager, I often find that if I plug the SD card or USB device in when the laptop is powered off, when I turn on the laptop the USB drives will appear in your Windows Explorer or My Computer

Good luck!

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travelbugusa
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The SD card does work in my little Netbook, it's just frustrating not to be able to access them on my main/bigger computer!
I will turn it off to get the flash drives out. It worries me to think that there might be something wrong with my computer, I have become so dependent on it.

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