Can't load Canon Software

sheesh · 10-02-2008 8:38pm #1

Got a canon 400d a while back tried loading the accompanying software and it tells me it cannot find f: drive
anybody else get this problem?

AnCatDubh · 10-02-2008 10:42pm

can't say i've had this problem. i'm assuming that you are a windows user. Here's a suggestion if you don't have an f: drive i.e. no external hard disk, removable drive, or networked drive. I'm also assuming that the install software is for some reason trying to read the install off the f: drive rather than your normal cd drive (d: ??)

Anyhow if all the above assumptions are correct - here's one thing to try. (not guaranteed to work but its non destructive and there is a possibility it may work)

Try the old DOS (remember that) SUBST command which creates a drive out of a file path. Essentially i'm suggesting that you try fool your machine to think it actually has a F: drive.

The appropriate command therefore (from a command prompt window) would be;

SUBST F: <CD DRIVE:\>

for example if your cd drive was d: you would type

SUBST F:

\

this should give windows the notion that it has an F: drive and when it tries to access it (under normal circumstances) it will simply read your cd drive D

to delete the drive should all of this not work and you want your system back to normal

SUBST F: /D

Just may work. Mind you, it doesn't explain why it is looking for it in the first place. Worth a try maybe.

Can't load Canon Software

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