Look in the Device Manager and make sure IEEE 1394 Bus Host Controllers is listed. If it is, then you definitely have Firewire on your computer, if it isn't listed then you haven't got it. If it is listed and still not working then the problem lies somewhere else, either with the cable or the Firewire socket on your camcorder?

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