I have a Rebel XT. Whenever I try to download the photos to my PC(Windows 7) I get 100 folders!!

[Clickerman]

I have a Rebel XT. Whenever I try to download the photos to my PC(Windows 7) I get 100 folders!! Usually only 2 or 3 of these actually have photos.  It takes a tedious amount of time for all the folders to populate before I can begin moving the photos out of them on my computer. 

Is there a better way?  I have searched the cannon site and the net for a down load utility but it seems that Cannon wants to rely on the WIndow appliction.  

Any ideas or suggestions?  

(Waiting....wainting....waiting....)

[kvbarkley]

I suggest you remove all the photos from the card and reformat it in the camera.

[Clickerman]

Thanks KV! That makes a lot of sense...  How do you reformat a card - is the function in the camera or do you do it on the PC?

[RobertTheFat]

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@Clickerman wrote:

Thanks KV! That makes a lot of sense...  How do you reformat a card - is the function in the camera or do you do it on the PC?

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It's an option in the camera menus. But it's hard to believe that formatting the card will solve your problem. The suggestion presupposes that you've managed to create a bunch of spurious folders on the card itself, and that seems highly unlikely.

[kvbarkley]

Seems the easiest thing to try.

[RobertTheFat]

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@Clickerman wrote:

I have a Rebel XT. Whenever I try to download the photos to my PC(Windows 7) I get 100 folders!! Usually only 2 or 3 of these actually have photos.  It takes a tedious amount of time for all the folders to populate before I can begin moving the photos out of them on my computer. 

Is there a better way?  I have searched the cannon site and the net for a down load utility but it seems that Cannon wants to rely on the WIndow appliction.  

Any ideas or suggestions?  

(Waiting....wainting....waiting....)

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Windows wouldn't do that by default. Are you sure you're not using Canon's EOS Utility? It has various options for naming the image files and assigning them to folders, which are described in the EOSU manual.

That said, get a card reader. They're inexpensive and easy to use. Trying to download images directly from the camera, especially from an old camera like the XT, is a fool's errand.

[Clickerman]

Bob,  I dont think I'm using the utility.  I have looked every where on the web for that down load, have you found it?  

I think I will take your suggestion of geting a card reader, that does sound like the path of least resistance.  

Thansk! 

[Clickerman]

Bob,  I don't think I'm using the utility.  I have looked every where on the web for that down load, have you found it?  

I think I will take your suggestion of geting a card reader, that does sound like the path of least resistance.  

Thanks!