[geeinsd]

I recently purchased a Canon Rebel XT and went snap happy and of course, wanted to see immediate results on my computer. But because my laptop is several years old (Dell Inspiron 700m), I had to get a media card reader since it does not come with a built-in compact flash reader. The laptop only reads SD cards. I purchased a plug & play Vakoss card reader at Frys and upon putting the CF card (a SanDisk Ultra II, formatted prior to use) into its slot, nothing was prompted on the screen. Nothing is detected on the USB drive. I thought maybe the reader was busted, so I inserted my Transcend SD card into its slot and the screen prompted whether not to open files or not perfectly fine.


So I guess the real question(s) are a) do I have to purchase an adapter for my laptop because it's so old or b) is the $9.99 card reader busted? I've already formatted my CF card several times and have a back-up Transcend CF card as well that does not read on the reader. I'm assuming it's the former. Are CF cards not USB-enabled? And if I will need to get an adapter, suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance!

[rgreen4]

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