Computer Glitch

I really do have an excuse for not posting for a while on here. Our computer is such that I just take my memory card from the camera and stick it in the corresponding drive on the computer to upload photos. However, recently it hasn't been working. It always says there's an error with the drive. I don't know what's up. I decided that maybe (if I can find the cord) I can try to use the method I use for uploading video, through a cord plugged into a different drive. We'll see. I have some pictures of some Halloween cupcakes the kids decorated back near the beginning of October, but it may be too late to post them since we're definitely past that season and into another. Now, where's that cord...?