laptop crashes with raw files

[j.finn]

hi can anyone help

my laptop is crashing when i upload my raw files from the sd card

does this happen to anyone else.

[AstroTiger]

perhaps its taking up too much memory?

Try uploading perhaps fewer at a time?

[Starflyer]

How's it crashing, is it locking up, blue screen, instant restart etc?

[Cornelius Varley]

What laptop specification / os ? Are you uploading directly from the camera or via a card reader? What software are you using to upload the files ?

Peter

[j.finn]

just seems to be locking up as soon as i have clicked on the the the folder holding the pictures. the laptop is tip top with 3g ram centrino processer

[pvaz]

just seems to be locking up as soon as i have clicked on the the the folder holding the pictures. the laptop is tip top with 3g ram centrino processer

It may be trying to generate thumbnail pics from the RAWs. If so it windows will have to use the driver/codec you installed for reading RAWs and it may cause a crash.

Uninstall any raw software you have to see if you can open the folder. After that use the software provided by canon for your OS. Picasa (free by google) also reads raws and provides basic image processing, or use photoshop.

[Cornelius Varley]

A bit more info still needed. Is the camera connected to the laptop to download the files ? Are you using a card reader ? What brand of sd card, size etc. Has it happened before?

Peter

[j.finn]

its the first time sd card has been used its a scandisk 2gb card i have a slot in the laptop to upload from. it might be the free software am using ..

[Cornelius Varley]

If you are downloading the files using Windows explorer it could be a problem with either the card or the card reader. Have you tried downloading directly from the camera using the Canon software ?

Also is the card SD or SDHC ?

Peter

[j.finn]

yes the card is sd and i do not have any canon software for the camera.

i will try taking fewer shots on the card maybe i over loaded it with to many raw files i should have photo shop tommrow maybe that will help .....

thanks

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[Cornelius Varley]

I don't think it is a problem with there being too many files on the sd card or the type of file. There may be a problem with the card itself or the built-in card reader on your laptop. Do you have another card with files from another source and try to load them onto your laptop ?

Can you still view the photographs on your camera ?

Lastly, where did you buy the SD card ?

Peter

[j.finn]

i think the problem is now fixed i have photoshop and the pictures load fine now thank you for everyones comments and advice .........

cheers peter ..

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[jgs001]

To be honest the easiest way of downloading the pictures, if not using PS is to use ZoomBrowserEX, and let that handle it.

As for RAW on the SD Card (probably worth noting for all cards and cameras too), a word of caution... never totally fill the card. The number of shots available is an estimate. Because of the size of RAW files, and how much they vary, you can end up in a state where one or two of your images get corrupted trying to write them to the card as whilst the camera estimates there is enough room based on an average sized raw image, there isn't really. This has happened to me.