Delete Photos From Camera?

[Guest]

Greetings,
I know this sounds like the absolute lamest question ever- but its driving
me nuts... and I'd rather look stupid and get an answer than continue to be
nutsified.

To the question. On my Sony Camera - regardless of how I access the device
(Windows Import, File System, 3rd party apps, you name it) I cannot delete my
photos. I've tried the delete on successful import option - no dice. I've
tried the drag and drop to trash bucket. No dice. CtrlA and del... nada.
I've tried going to the command line - can't even find the device to navigate
to.

All the help options (yes, I've even tried there) say the above should work
seemlessly. I'm assuming I have user rights issues now... but don't see
anything within Vista that would allow to tweak these rights.

PLEASE!!! For the love of all that is good and holy - please assist if you
are able!
Thanks so much in advance guys.
Taylor

 

[dean-dean]

Have you tried deleting them using the options on your camera (and not
plugging it into your computer)? Check with your camera's documentation to
do this.

 

[Guest]

Yes I have. The problem is with my Sony Cybershot you have to delete photos
individually... one... at... a... time... Doing four or five hundred like
this at a time is tedious at best. Regardless though - I'd still prefer to
understand why the Vista option to delete on import doesn't work. Or, that
withstanding, to know how to do it via computer - or command line even.

Any help would really be greatly appreciated on this one.
Thanks so much.

 

[dean-dean]

I think on the Cybershot (not connected to the computer method) you can
delete the whole folder containing the images, and the camera will
automatically create a new folder the next time you take pictures. But yes,
this is a workaround.

Try going to Start Menu\Programs\Accessories, right-click on Windows
Explorer, and choose "Run as Administrator". Then navigate to the drive
containing your photos to delete them. Or run Command Prompt as
Administrator, and navigate to the drive by typing

X:

where "X" is the name of the drive containing your photos. Press Enter.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings,
I know this sounds like the absolute lamest question ever- but its driving
me nuts... and I'd rather look stupid and get an answer than continue to be
nutsified.

To the question. On my Sony Camera - regardless of how I access the device
(Windows Import, File System, 3rd party apps, you name it) I cannot delete my
photos. I've tried the delete on successful import option - no dice. I've
tried the drag and drop to trash bucket. No dice. CtrlA and del... nada.
I've tried going to the command line - can't even find the device to navigate
to.

All the help options (yes, I've even tried there) say the above should work
seemlessly. I'm assuming I have user rights issues now... but don't see
anything within Vista that would allow to tweak these rights.

What does the camera;s manual say to do? (Hint: This isn't a Windows
issue or question.)


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[Guest]

Amigo,
I like your "run as administrator" option. This would make a lot of sense
from a rights standpoint. Rather annoying that Vista is working so
diligently to try and protect me from myself... although I understand the
intent.

Will try this tonight and will let you know as to the results.
Taylor

 

[Guest]

Hey there,
I tried that and had no luck at all. I really thought that was promising.
When I try and drag the photos to the trash I get a red ghost busters X
basically saying - "no dice." When I do ctrl-A and del - it does nothing.
When I right click the photo icons to attempt to delete them, the only
options I get are: preview, open & copy.

This problem is really starting to make me wonder about my sanity. Any
other options? Is there a super-secret GOD MODE in Vista I don't know about?
I would think "run as administrator" would be as good as it gets, no?

Thanks in advance for any other ideas you might have.
Taylor

 

[Guest]

Greetings,
I know this sounds like the absolute lamest question ever- but its driving
me nuts... and I'd rather look stupid and get an answer than continue to be
nutsified.

To the question. On my Sony Camera - regardless of how I access the device
(Windows Import, File System, 3rd party apps, you name it) I cannot delete my
photos. I've tried the delete on successful import option - no dice. I've
tried the drag and drop to trash bucket. No dice. CtrlA and del... nada.
I've tried going to the command line - can't even find the device to navigate
to.

All the help options (yes, I've even tried there) say the above should work
seemlessly. I'm assuming I have user rights issues now... but don't see
anything within Vista that would allow to tweak these rights.

PLEASE!!! For the love of all that is good and holy - please assist if you
are able!
Thanks so much in advance guys.
Taylor

Have you tried to just format your SanDisk? Thats what I do and it works
every time.

 

[Jeff Richards]

I assume the camera memory is a virtual drive.

As administrator, can you make any changes to that drive at all, such as
saving a file to it?

 

[Guest]

What is a SanDisk and how do you format it?

 

[Ken Blake]

What is a SanDisk and how do you format it?

SanDisk is the name of a company that makes multiple products. Your question
makes no sense, unless you provide more detail.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Wulf.

As Ken said, SanDisk makes lots of products.

The one that I have is a simple SD (Secure Digital) card reader. This reads
and writes to the SD card that my Nikon Coolpix digital camera uses. I can
plug my camera's USB cable into my computer to transfer pictures from the
card in the camera. But I usually just pop out the little card and plug it
into the reader, which is connected via USB. This all works very much like
a USB "thumb" drive. The SD card can be formatted and assigned a "drive"
letter by Disk Management, just like a USB drive. Then files can be moved
back and forth between the computer and the card.

SD cards come in many capacities, from <256 MB to >2 GB. but they all are
the same physical size, just a little bigger than a postage stamp. They
were quite expensive a few years ago, but I see Office Depot is advertising
1 GB SanDisk cards (SD, MiniSD or MicroSD) for $14.99 this week!

SanDisk (and other companies) make many similar external memory devices,
such as Compact Flash, the Memory Stick and others. They are different form
factors, so not interchangeable. Your camera can probably use ONE style,
but not the others.

To Taylor, the OP: Adobe Photoshop Elements is what I use most of the time
to import from my card reader. It always asks if I want to delete the
photos from the camera or card reader.

RC
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