Re: Newb: JPEG's Suddenly Corrupt on Hard Drive
- From: Bill Funk <BigBill@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:20:44 -0700
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:05:16 GMT, "Max" <unknown@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Bill Funk wrote:
: 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.
OOPs, you should not see *any* CRC errors; there is no "acceptable"
number.
I will suggest this is where your files got farkled; you have a bad
drive.
Yesterday, I ran through (very thorough) diagnostic procedures and tests
for my hard drive that has my JPGs currently loaded. Everything is
fine.
Except the files are farkled.
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?
No, I seriously doubt that. I've never heard of that.
Personally, I'm of the school that says whatever you do is better than
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)?
the best solution that's not used. IOW, do *something*.
I have an external drive that's synched (using MS's Synchtoy) with an
internal drive, then I use TrueImage monthly, and I also back up my
images (and other important files) to DVDs that are stored in my gun
safe.
And that's still not enough, probably.
It's been my experience that the burner is more important than the DVD
disk itself; use a cheap burner, and the disks tend to go bad faster
than using a good burner and cheap (in my case, I use GQ from Frys
with great success) disks.
YMMV.
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