Sorry to hear about your friend. Hopefully you got the situation resolved, but I just wanted to check in to say that if you try to back up the smartmedia card to a computer with a smart media card reader you may find that you have to try several different adapters/readers before you find one that wo...

Old thread, but worthy of mention: I cannot confirm whether Windows 8 has issues with SmartMedia readers, but I can say definitely that Windows 10 works PERFECTLY with my "Dazzle 14-in-1 USB 2.0" card reader (including SmartMedia). Worth noting is that unlike other cards, SmartMedia can EASILY be in...