Computer running XP wont recognize the Finepix S700 at all, it is plugged in USB, and drivers have been reinstalled. Help!!

The USB HDD driver is built in on XP. If the drive is not recognized try the following;

1. If you usually plug it into the front USB, Try the rear USB
2. Try a flash drive in the same USB and see if it works
3. Plug the HDD into the USB then look in Device Manager for it, Right Click and click Update Driver then select Windows Update for the location.

Allow your computer to freely access the internet and then plug the camera's USB cable into one of the USB ports on the computer. When the external device wizard pops up just choose the option to use windows explorer to look at the files... you can then move all photos to your computer with a drag and drop. If you still want the computer to recognize the camera as a camera you can download and install the appropriate driver from fuji.

Try removing the memory card and reading it through a card reader inserted into a USB port. Have you installed the program that came with the camera? I never used mine because I have other high end graphics programs and I always use a card reader instead of the cable. You WILL need the program if you want to do a firmware/BIOS update in the S700, and also the cable. The S700/5700 will only accept up to a 2gig memory card. If you want to use a 4 gig card, the camera (and also your computer) won't recognize the card until you do the update to the firmware. Available with instructions from FujifilmUSA website.

All the drivers you need are pre-loaded within the Windows XP operating system. Just plug the camera in the any USB port (with the power OFF), turn the camera to ON, and Windows should recognize the camera as a new drive.

you have to install drivers on your computer before it will recognize it.

go to

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/
ServiceSupportProduct.jsp?prodcat=710738

and install the usb drivers for your operating system ie windows xp

Your computer will recognize it after that whenever you plug it in:)

Hi Ray;
Try uninstalling the Fuji software completely, through the Windows control panel. Don't use the supplied software at all. Make sure the camera is unplugged from the computer. Open "my computer" and note which drives are present. Now plug in the camera (still turned off) to the USB port. Turn the camera power switch on. Wait and see if a new drive icon shows up. It may take a minute or so. If you get a new icon (probably Fuji DSC or similar), you should be able to open the new drive and access the images through the various folders. If not, can you see images on the camera screen (when not connected to computer)? If yes, maybe a bad cable. If no, could be corrupted images on card.

Well..thanks for help. I got absolutely no help from Fuji customer support. I ended up taking the camera back and getting a different kind. Got a Sony Cyber-Shot and I love it!

It would be helpful to know which operating system you have on your iMac. If you are running OS8.6 to OS9.2.2, then you may need to install drivers for the Mac to recognize your camera. If this is not the case, you may new a new connection cable. A work around for this would be to use a memory card reader instead of connecting the camera via a USB cable.

Hello Silvertop01,

This is Romeet, id like to help you with the problem. Unfortunately it seems a lot of things that you love :) wont work right? well, Let me know if you are running windows xp with what service pack? service pack 1 or service pack 2? to do this, right click the icon " My Computer " and select properties,a system properties dialog will open, on the top right you should be able to see:

System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional / Home ( Depends what you have )
Version ( 2002 )
Service Pack X ( X could be 1 or 2 )check this and let me know

B.Regds
Romeet

Remove the camera software entirely. Assuming you PC is 2000/XP no camera software or driver is required. It should simply come up as a new drive in My Computer Come back on this one