Re: Newb: JPEG's Suddenly Corrupt on Hard Drive
- From: "Ron Recer" <ron48@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:27:51 -0500
"Max" <unknown@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bill Funk wrote:I burn every photo to two DVDs and a RAID1 external HD. I also keep photos
: On 24 Apr 2007 13:54:02 -0700, Max <newsgroup2003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:: I have many JPEGS that were working fine previously but now are
:: corrupt, perhaps when they moved from one directory/hard drive to
:: another. When attempting to view in Windows or Irfranview or any
:: other program they all show as being "can't determine type".
::
:: Any idea how to get the pics back?
::
:: Thanks
:
: Haviung read the posts up to now, I will suggest two things:
: 1. Your hard drive is going bad.
: 2. You didn't make backups.
:
: The first is bad; there are probably other files farkled you haven't
: found yet.
: The second makes the first *very* bad; without a backup, you have
: probably lost many files.
: When you say, "perhaps when they moved from one directory/hard drive
: to another", which was it? From one directory to another, or to
: another drive?
It's hard to pin-point exactly. Back in December, I installed a new CPU
and MB. There were a lot of CRC errors that I detected in my old
system, so I changed my IDE cable. The CRC errors are acceptable now
(very low). I did back-up my files before the surgery, BUT to another
[slave] hard drive. Not to another form of media. I did reinstall
Windows XP.
Yesterday, I ran through (very thorough) diagnostic procedures and tests
for my hard drive that has my JPGs currently loaded. Everything is
fine.
What I am also thinking is that perhaps when defragging my hard drive my
Diskeeper software maybe didn't move files correctly or corrupted them
somehow?
Fortunately, I have many (not all) of my pictures also stored on my
laptop. There is a loss but this is a big learning experience that I
don't want to go through again.
What does everyone do here for backing up their pictures? Do you use
DVD? What brand and series (type)?
on my laptop until I either print them or decide I am not going to print
them. I have not found DVD*/-RW or CD-RW to be reliable for long-term
backup/storage of files.
Ron
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