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How to Transfer Digital Photos from Your Digital Camera to Your Computer

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It can be a hassle and can take a lot of time for an inexperienced user to transfer digital photos from digital camera to a personal computer. However, once learned, it will take only a matter of minutes to transfer your photos from your digital camera to your computer. This lesson will help you achieve quick and easy photo transfer from a digital camera to a computer.

Steps

1. Plug the USB cable into your camera.
   
2. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the USB spot on your computer. On most laptops the USB spot is located on the back, for desktop computers it is usually on the front.
   
3. A screen will then pop up asking what action you wish to take. Choose the option "Copy pictures to a folder on my computer using Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard." Another screen will then pop up indicating that the pictures are being copied.
   
4. Click NEXT on the screen that pops up.
   
5. Check off which pictures you'd like to have copied. If you want them all copied to the computer then keep all of the boxes checked. If you'd rather select only certain pictures, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click "CLEAR ALL." You can then go through and check the pictures you wish to have copied.
   
6. This is the trickies step. The screen will ask you to type a name for this particular group of pictures. Label it however you wish. For example "Beach Trip 2006." It will aslo ask you where you'd like the pictures to be saved. As a default, My Pictures should already be in the box.
   
7. On the bottom of the page there is a box that suggests deleting pictures from the camera after copying is completed. If you wish for your pictures to be deleted from your camera click this box. If not, leave it blank.
   
8. The following screen shows that the copying is in progress and long until it is completed.
   
9. The next page to pop up will ask you what you'd like to do next. There are three different options to choose from. However, selecting the last option "Nothing. I'm finished working with these pictures." is the best option. You can then view your pictures and decide what to do from there.
   
10. The last page to pop up will state that the Camera Wizard is done. Click FINISH at the bottom of the screen.
    
11. Your pictures will then appear in the folder that you selected earlier in the process and you can then view them.

Tips

• Make sure to follow all of the steps correctly!
  
• Just follow the directions and you will have no problems!

Warnings

• Make sure that you do not choose to erase your pictures off of your camera if you are not 100% sure you want them gone. There is no way to get them back on!

Things You'll Need

• Digital Camera
  
• USB cable for the camera (usually a universal one will work)
  
• A computer (laptop or desktop)
  
• Camera Wizard on the computer (most computers come equipped with it)

Sources and Citations

• http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/dig ... otography/takeit/transfer.mspx
  
• http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/usb_minicables.html

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