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1. Download the usb_sw18.exe file by clicking the download link below.
2. Save the usb_sw18.exe file on your computer's hard drive.
3. Once you have the usb_sw18.exe file on your computer, you must double click it. Then click the UNZIP button to unzip it to c:pentaxsw18.
4. You will have a new folder on your C: drive called pentaxsw18 which contains the drivers. You are now ready to install them onto your computer.
Installation Instructions
1. Connect your camera to the computer with the USB cable.
2. Turn your camera on (you can be in any mode).
Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new hardware, and start a New Hardware Wizard to help you find the needed drivers.
Click NEXT to begin.
3. Place the selection dot by the Wizard's recommended option if it is not already there.
Click NEXT.
4. Place a checkmark by Specify a location: and type c:pentaxsw18 without the quotes into the location field, as shown below. This will instruct the Wizard to look for the driver files in the location to which you unzipped them earlier.
Click NEXT.
5. The Wizard will do a quick search and tell you that it has found the needed drivers.
Click NEXT.
6. Now, the Wizard will complete the first part of the installation.
Click FINISH.
7. The Wizard will now run the second part of the installation.
Click NEXT.
8. Place the selection dot is by the Wizard's recommended option if it is not already there.
Click NEXT.
9. The Wizard should still show a checkmark by Specify a location: and c:pentaxsw18 without the quotes should still be in the location field.
Click NEXT.
10. The Wizard will do another quick search and tell you that it has found the needed drivers.
Click NEXT.
11. Now, the Wizard will complete the final part of the installation.
Click FINISH.
12. You're done! You can now find your camera as a removable disk drive in the My Computer window.
PENTAX is a registered trademark of Pentax Corporation.
Optio is a trademark of Pentax Corporation.
All other product names and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks.
1. Download the usb_sw18.exe file by clicking the download link below.
2. Save the usb_sw18.exe file on your computer's hard drive.
3. Once you have the usb_sw18.exe file on your computer, you must double click it. Then click the UNZIP button to unzip it to c:pentaxsw18.
4. You will have a new folder on your C: drive called pentaxsw18 which contains the drivers. You are now ready to install them onto your computer.
Installation Instructions
1. Connect your camera to the computer with the USB cable.
2. Turn your camera on (you can be in any mode).
Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new hardware, and start a New Hardware Wizard to help you find the needed drivers.
Click NEXT to begin.
3. Place the selection dot by the Wizard's recommended option if it is not already there.
Click NEXT.
4. Place a checkmark by Specify a location: and type c:pentaxsw18 without the quotes into the location field, as shown below. This will instruct the Wizard to look for the driver files in the location to which you unzipped them earlier.
Click NEXT.
5. The Wizard will do a quick search and tell you that it has found the needed drivers.
Click NEXT.
6. Now, the Wizard will complete the first part of the installation.
Click FINISH.
7. The Wizard will now run the second part of the installation.
Click NEXT.
8. Place the selection dot is by the Wizard's recommended option if it is not already there.
Click NEXT.
9. The Wizard should still show a checkmark by Specify a location: and c:pentaxsw18 without the quotes should still be in the location field.
Click NEXT.
10. The Wizard will do another quick search and tell you that it has found the needed drivers.
Click NEXT.
11. Now, the Wizard will complete the final part of the installation.
Click FINISH.
12. You're done! You can now find your camera as a removable disk drive in the My Computer window.
PENTAX is a registered trademark of Pentax Corporation.
Optio is a trademark of Pentax Corporation.
All other product names and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks.