Could you share the make a

Could you share the make and model of your laptop so that we may be able to help further? Or check you owners manual for the laptop and look at the discriptions of the ports it has on the sides.

MyToshiba Satellite, for example,has aPCMCIAslot (may also be called an ExpressCard slot) with spring door on the left hand side. Right below it is 2 USB connectorsand an i-LINK(firewire)port (a very small version of the diagram on the right).