Every time i plug in my sony camera to the usb port to upload my pictures, my camera will say " usb mode. connecting to mass storage" then that will go away after a few seconds and then it will say " usb mode connecting. switch on [menu] ". what the heck? its never done this before

It may be a USB port issue or a USB cable issue. Try an alternate cable or a different USB port. Try other USB devices on those same ports to make sure they work. Try using a USB card reader to transfer photos from the card directly instead of plugging in your camera directly.

If Camera (sony Cyber shot) is displaying " USB mass storage Memory Stick" every time i plug in the USB, click on My Computer > Mass Storage icon > open folder and copy files/ pictures and paste them some where in your computer like My Pictures of My Documents etc.
Thanks.

Try NOT connecting your camera to your computer.

The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.

Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program.

Hi,
Connect your camera in computer USB port with supplied USB cord, go to My Computer and you will see Mass Storage disk icon, click to open it and copy folder and paste in My Pictres folder of computer.
Hope this will help.
Thanks.

1) Try uninstalling then re-installing your Sony software.

2) When you connect to the PC and switch on, Click on Start - "My Computer". Your hard drives and disk drives should appear in the window.

Have a good look, is there a new drive, it may be called Sony, or USB mass storage device it may just be called drive E or F.

If so double click on that drive, if there's a folder there, double click on there, with luck you should see your pictures, that new drive is really your camera.

You should be able to move pictures by copy and pasting. Once copied you can deleted them from your camera.

3) You can buy a device called a "Memory card reader" Make sure its good for sony memory sticks.
You take you card from you camera and put it in the card reader. Then, once plugged into a USB port its just like another HDD as described in 2.

4) I should have said this first, try another USB port if you can, it my just be dust in the port making life hard............


Good Luck.

If Menu shows PicBridge, Mass Storage, FTTP etc options then select Mass Storage in camera Menu.
Click on My Computer icon and check any new letter drive (mass storage) click it to see picture files in camera memory.

Easiest way...purchase an inexpensive card reader to download your pictures.

The USB connection seams to be very sensitive try pushing the USB cable into the camera firmly and wiggling it. Once the mass storage device is recognized be careful not to move the plug. The connection can be very flaky.

Good luck,

Mike

Mass storage is easier, in my opinion. In that mode, when you hook the camera up to the computer, it will show up as a device in My Computer. Then you can just access your pictures there.

try a diffrent usb port or check ,make sure you have the hard drive space aval.