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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 memory card reader (select models only). Refer to "Introducing the memory card reader" on page 39. Introducing the memory card reader Digital cameras and other digital imaging devices use memory cards, or media, to store digital picture files. The optional memory card reader (select models only) can read and write to a variety of types of memory cards and the IBM Microdrive disk drive. The card reader is accessible directly on the front of the PC or located inside a cover. It has four horizontal card slots, which accept the memory cards and the Microdrive disk drive. Card CompactFlash™ Type I media CompactFlash Type II media IBM Microdrive disk drive Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card MultiMediaCard (MMC) Memory Stick® (MS) Memory Card Memory Stick (MS-Pro) Memory Card SmartMedia™ (SM) Memory Card xD media 4-slot reader Lower-left slot Lower-left slot Lower-left slot Upper-right slot Upper-right slot Lower-right slot Lower-right slot Upper-left slot Upper-left slot 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. Working with 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 memory card reader from your PC; you must restart the PC to see your memory card reader again. If you open the Safely Remove Hardware window by mistake, click Close. Working with Sound, Pictures, and Video 39

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Working with Sound, Pictures, and Video
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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 memory card reader (select models only).
Refer to ”Introducing the memory card reader” on page 39.
Introducing the memory card reader
Digital cameras and other digital imaging devices use memory cards, or
media
, to
store digital picture files. The optional memory card reader (select models only)
can read and write to a variety of types of memory cards and the IBM Microdrive
disk drive.
The card reader is accessible directly on the front of the PC or located inside a
cover. It has four horizontal card slots, which accept the memory cards and the
Microdrive disk drive.
Card
4-slot reader
CompactFlash
Type I media
Lower-left slot
CompactFlash Type II media
Lower-left slot
IBM Microdrive disk drive
Lower-left slot
Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card
Upper-right slot
MultiMediaCard (MMC)
Upper-right slot
Memory Stick
®
(MS) Memory Card
Lower-right slot
Memory Stick (MS-Pro) Memory Card
Lower-right slot
SmartMedia
(SM) Memory Card
Upper-left slot
xD media
Upper-left slot
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.
Working with 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 memory card
reader from your PC; you must restart the PC to see your memory
card reader again.
If you open the Safely Remove Hardware window by mistake, click
Close
.