SD Card not visible in 'my computer'

[Guest]

I have a toshiba laptop (Satellite Pro A120). It has a SD card slot. I have
used this in the past to copy images from my camera's SD card. Recently, I
inserted a SD card and while the icon that says 'Safely remove hardware' in
the system tray pops up when I insert a card, I cannot see a drive associated
with the media that I'd inserted into the SD card reader/writer. I know it
should work because I've used the SD card in a friend's computer that is an
identical build (both work computers). I've tried to remedy the problem by:

1. reinstalling the driver
2. I've clicked on the Removable Storage icon under Computer Management
screen and there is no drive for the SD card listed. This is puzzling
because the SD card is still listed under the Safely Remove Hardware icon in
the system tray.

Has anyone else had issues similar to this?

 

[smlunatick]

I have a toshiba laptop (Satellite Pro A120). It has a SD card slot. I have
used this in the past to copy images from my camera's SD card. Recently, I
inserted a SD card and while the icon that says 'Safely remove hardware' in
the system tray pops up when I insert a card, I cannot see a drive associated
with the media that I'd inserted into the SD card reader/writer. I know it
should work because I've used the SD card in a friend's computer that is an
identical build (both work computers). I've tried to remedy the problem by:

1. reinstalling the driver
2. I've clicked on the Removable Storage icon under Computer Management
screen and there is no drive for the SD card listed. This is puzzling
because the SD card is still listed under the Safely Remove Hardware icon in
the system tray.

Has anyone else had issues similar to this?

Check under the USB section of Device Manager. The card reader
"might" be incorrectly listed as "unknown" device. Unistall it and
let XP re-detect it.