Help locating my compact flash

I recently deleted images on a compact flash card that I need to attempt to recover. I do not have a card reader so I use my camera cable to locate the camera. Can this still be done without a card reader? If so, how do I locate the memory card?

One post will do, thanks, and I've moved this to Recuva Discuaaion.

I presume that your camera cable to pc will result in a drive letter appearing for the card. Just select that drive letter when runnning a scan in Recuva.