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Recently I changed a friend's OS from a really virus filled windows 7 to Ubuntu ..but kept changing os's because lsusb wouldn't detect the camera.But after coming back to windows, the camera wasn't detected, though I must point out the device driver for the camera was never found.

The Sony 'technician' told me that that since the dev-manager of windows 7 couldn't detect the camera , regardless of whether the device driver was installed, the software change must have damaged the hardware.

I was wondering if there is any truth to it.

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The Sony 'technician' told me that that since the dev-manager of windows 7 couldn't detect the camera , irregardless of whether the device driver was installed, the software change must have damaged the hardware.

Simply put, no. This makes no sense.

If Windows 7 couldn't detect the camera at all, then either the camera is damaged, the port is damaged, the connection between the camera and the port is damaged, the USB port is disabled, or perhaps something else. So the technician can't even conclude that the camera is at fault.

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