it's all good. I have an extra card now that I can backup the pictures onto. and in the meantime I can use it for ReadyBoost on Windows 7. Other than that, it's useless. I'm not getting a new camera, any other one that compares to this would cost me over 500 bucks. So, since I've got the cable to connect it to the computer, I can take a picture on the internal memory. But, I'm getting another haircut first.