I simply plug in the usb lead and go to my computer and click on usb device..the videos come up in that then i copy and paste them into my video file. There are probably loads of other ways to do it but that one works for me. Good luck
when the pc is running, if it is win XP just plugging the device in will cause a screen to come on that askes what you want to do.
with all windows systems you can go to my computor, and see all the items on/attatched to it. your camera will be listed if the drivers are loaded.