Panasonic Lumix ZS8 Won't Copy Files To PC

spirittoo

I have been trying to copy the pictures from my camera to the computer ... every time I try the program I use freeze ... in XP it causes the whole computer to freeze where I have to reboot.

I install the photo editing program that came with the software, and it freeze in windows 7 and XP doesn't do anything. I tried to access the drive through my computer but when I click on it and go through the wizard it freezes too.

Anyone have any idea what the problem is?

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AMD FX8120 3.8Ghz
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 mobo
(Gigabyte GTX 280)
DDR3 1300 8G
WD 10000 SATA 7200rpm
WD 5000 IDE 7200rpm
Sony DRU-800A
Sony AWQ170A
Inland ATX ILG-600
Windows XP Pro/Win 7
IE 8
FireFox 11
Directx9

spirittoo

Also in case you are wondering I have the camera itself hooked into the computer via usb cable.

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AMD FX8120 3.8Ghz
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 mobo
(Gigabyte GTX 280)
DDR3 1300 8G
WD 10000 SATA 7200rpm
WD 5000 IDE 7200rpm
Sony DRU-800A
Sony AWQ170A
Inland ATX ILG-600
Windows XP Pro/Win 7
IE 8
FireFox 11
Directx9

deanwitty

One thing you may wish to do right away is uninstall the new software you are trying to use and install Windows live photo gallery. Attempt to use this to import your pictures from the camera. Let's see if the problem is more hardware or software related?
Using a Panasonic ZS3 myself. I do find that using a card reader makes it simpler with a quick auto-run pop-up and click on "import with Windows live photo gallery" vs plugging in the camera and opening photo gallery to use the import function(top left menu bar).

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Currently installed for testing: Lite-on DH20A4P-04(9P54) + Sony Optiarc AD-7200A(1.Z3) x2 "You want WHAT? OK, I can do that". + AD-7200S(1Z2) + AD-5280-CB-PLUS(1.Z7) + BenQ DW1650(BCIC) + BenQ DW1640(BSLB) x2 + Lite-on iHAS324-08 A(BL1H) + Asus DRW-24B1LT@iHAS424(ZLC1) + Asus DRW-24B1ST@iHAS324(BL1H) + Plextor PX-760A(1.03) + LG BD-RE WH10LS30(1.00) + Lite-on iHES208(8LOC) + Sammy SH-BO83L(SB01) + Pioneer BDR206(1.05) + Lite-on iHBS112-29(CLOK) + Pioneer BDR-205(1.12) + LG WH12LS39(1.00) + Lite-on iHBS212@Plextor PX-LB950SA(1.02)

spirittoo

Howdy ... well sir ... I couldn't get anything from either operating systems I have, so I tried downloading on my other computer and it downloaded the pictures no problem ... didn't even have the software installed.

Could it have been the software itself? I will try uninstalling it and see if I can download pictures ...

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AMD FX8120 3.8Ghz
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 mobo
(Gigabyte GTX 280)
DDR3 1300 8G
WD 10000 SATA 7200rpm
WD 5000 IDE 7200rpm
Sony DRU-800A
Sony AWQ170A
Inland ATX ILG-600
Windows XP Pro/Win 7
IE 8
FireFox 11
Directx9

deanwitty

It sounds very possible that the software is to blame. Great to hear you are able to get your pictures off the camera without trouble .

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Currently installed for testing: Lite-on DH20A4P-04(9P54) + Sony Optiarc AD-7200A(1.Z3) x2 "You want WHAT? OK, I can do that". + AD-7200S(1Z2) + AD-5280-CB-PLUS(1.Z7) + BenQ DW1650(BCIC) + BenQ DW1640(BSLB) x2 + Lite-on iHAS324-08 A(BL1H) + Asus DRW-24B1LT@iHAS424(ZLC1) + Asus DRW-24B1ST@iHAS324(BL1H) + Plextor PX-760A(1.03) + LG BD-RE WH10LS30(1.00) + Lite-on iHES208(8LOC) + Sammy SH-BO83L(SB01) + Pioneer BDR206(1.05) + Lite-on iHBS112-29(CLOK) + Pioneer BDR-205(1.12) + LG WH12LS39(1.00) + Lite-on iHBS212@Plextor PX-LB950SA(1.02)

spirittoo

Well sir ... It turned out that the usb port I was using didn't have enough power to download pictures from the camera. I installed a pcie usb adapter card and had the camera plug into it. When I plug the usb into the mobo usb port the pictures downloaded with no problems.

Thank loads for posting.

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AMD FX8120 3.8Ghz
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 mobo
(Gigabyte GTX 280)
DDR3 1300 8G
WD 10000 SATA 7200rpm
WD 5000 IDE 7200rpm
Sony DRU-800A
Sony AWQ170A
Inland ATX ILG-600
Windows XP Pro/Win 7
IE 8
FireFox 11
Directx9