(18 Feb 2015, 5:59 pm)Jimmi wrote Trying to connect my Nikon D5100 to my laptop via the USB but nothing is happening, do I need to install ViewNX2 or do anything else to make it work?Should read as a USB mass storage device regardless, but I never use USB. I've got an SD reader in my laptop, so never had the need to.
Try installing the basic device driver only if you can?