Windows Vista Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

>> I can send copies of the files if anyone is interested. Please help. I
>> am
>> very concerned that 30% of all photos I have saved the past 9-10 years
>> are
>> destroyed.


I don't know an answer to the OP's question. But this is a perfect example
for others, of what happens when people do not archive files to CD, DVD or
other form of media especially 9-10 years worth. Remember it's not a matter
of "if something will happen" it's a matter of "when something will
happen". Relying solely on an external hard drive for backups such as the
OP did no matter the operating system is just a very bad habit. I'll even
add to store your archives off site in a secure location in case of a tragic
event such as a fire.
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

I agree. I had everything backed up and haven't lost anything. Its still
very frustrating that pictures seem to randomly show up half-greyed out and
wish I could find a solution.

"Dave" wrote:

> >> I can send copies of the files if anyone is interested. Please help. I
> >> am
> >> very concerned that 30% of all photos I have saved the past 9-10 years
> >> are
> >> destroyed.
>
>
> I don't know an answer to the OP's question. But this is a perfect example
> for others, of what happens when people do not archive files to CD, DVD or
> other form of media especially 9-10 years worth. Remember it's not a matter
> of "if something will happen" it's a matter of "when something will
> happen". Relying solely on an external hard drive for backups such as the
> OP did no matter the operating system is just a very bad habit. I'll even
> add to store your archives off site in a secure location in case of a tragic
> event such as a fire.
>
>
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:44:02 -0800, rgp21 wrote:

> I agree. I had everything backed up and haven't lost anything.
> Its still very frustrating that pictures seem to randomly show up
> half-greyed out and wish I could find a solution.

Have you sent or transferred them to another computer and tried to
open the pictures there?

--
Chris Game

"Some software or hardware problem no doubt," -- Grimly Fiendish
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


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"neofitou" wrote:

>
> Im sure its already been elsewhere in the newsgroups but Greg,
>
> MS have release two hotfixes that are going to be in next patch
> tuesday,
> 'KB938194 '
> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9d-c33d-48db-a7e3-62eef7c1f7c2&displaylang=en)
> & 'KB938979'
> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B9-D832-425B-B42C-D3EB2071BBEC&displaylang=en)
>
> Performance and reliability patches for vista. the fix the network
> problems and alot of peoples usb/camera and memory issues.
>
> Unfortunalty not mine. Gigabyte is yet to open my issue I sent them 3
> days ago. :(
>
>
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> Just for what its worth. I am having the same problem with vista and corrupt image files when backing up to or transferring jpgs to an external drive. Files downloaded to my internal hard drive for the most part are fine. The problem is with vista and external drives that connect to usb ports. Even if that usb port is via a internal built in bay (as in the case of Hp8000e media computer.)

Just for the Vista Offienciedos, yes I have done extensive trouble shooting
and ruled out other possiblites ...6 months worth of Microsoft "support"
telling me to do the same things over and over again. You need only to look
in the knowledge bases and user groups to realize they are nothing but
dumping grounds for the "miseried" Microsoft users!

I have been through 3 external drives with the same result. All the external
drives worked fine on my spouses xp desktop, but showed at least 30%
corruption on my vista machine. And yes, the usb ports work fine with all
other devices. So how can anyone say that this is not a Vista issue?? The
only solution so far is to install a dual boot system so you can use XP for
all your images which I have not had the guts to do yet.
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

I recently installed a Vista home basic notebook for a customer, replacing a
windows XP Home desktop.
Most .jpg pictues transferred to the new machine with no problems, but one
set of pictures on a DVD [1200+ images] will not load on the new machine
without up to 60% of them 'greying out' over about 90% of the image.
I can view the complete set on my windows xp pro notebook - NO PROBLEM
whatsoever, but whichever format is used to transfer these to the Vista
notebook results in the same problem - DVD, USB pen, SD card.
The incredible part of it is that when the images are viewed as thumbnails,
whether on the hard-drive of the vista notebool, or by accessing them on any
form of removable media, they initiallly appear as perfect images, almost
immediately followed by the 'grey-over' of over half of the images - you can
watch it happen. No image-viewer software will then display the images
correctly, and I have tried many.
Would appreciate any suggestions on how this issue may be overcome
--
Nigel Yates
Assured Computer Services Ltd
UK


"Chris Game" wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:44:02 -0800, rgp21 wrote:
>
> > I agree. I had everything backed up and haven't lost anything.
> > Its still very frustrating that pictures seem to randomly show up
> > half-greyed out and wish I could find a solution.
>
> Have you sent or transferred them to another computer and tried to
> open the pictures there?
>
> --
> Chris Game
>
> "Some software or hardware problem no doubt," -- Grimly Fiendish
>
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

Nigely:
Welcome to "club frustration". I can assure you that many many folks are
having exactly the same problem. Be happy you are dealing with only one CD,
but my bet is the other images will sooner or later suffer the same fate, as
mine did.

I am blessed with two sons who are EXTREMELY knowledgable when it comes to
computers and as of right now our only hope is that SP1 will address this
issue and resolve it.

My only workaround so far has been my network. With my spouses xp laptop, in
which I can access the very same images on the same external drive that
showed corrupt, view absolutely perfect on the vista over the network. Go
figure.
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"Nigely" wrote:

> I recently installed a Vista home basic notebook for a customer, replacing a
> windows XP Home desktop.
> Most .jpg pictues transferred to the new machine with no problems, but one
> set of pictures on a DVD [1200+ images] will not load on the new machine
> without up to 60% of them 'greying out' over about 90% of the image.
> I can view the complete set on my windows xp pro notebook - NO PROBLEM
> whatsoever, but whichever format is used to transfer these to the Vista
> notebook results in the same problem - DVD, USB pen, SD card.
> The incredible part of it is that when the images are viewed as thumbnails,
> whether on the hard-drive of the vista notebool, or by accessing them on any
> form of removable media, they initiallly appear as perfect images, almost
> immediately followed by the 'grey-over' of over half of the images - you can
> watch it happen. No image-viewer software will then display the images
> correctly, and I have tried many.
> Would appreciate any suggestions on how this issue may be overcome
> --
> Nigel Yates
> Assured Computer Services Ltd
> UK
>
>
> "Chris Game" wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:44:02 -0800, rgp21 wrote:
> >
> > > I agree. I had everything backed up and haven't lost anything.
> > > Its still very frustrating that pictures seem to randomly show up
> > > half-greyed out and wish I could find a solution.
> >
> > Have you sent or transferred them to another computer and tried to
> > open the pictures there?
> >
> > --
> > Chris Game
> >
> > "Some software or hardware problem no doubt," -- Grimly Fiendish
> >
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


This problem has rendered a computer I purchased for the specific
purpose of hanling images as useless to me...
The computer (hp) should be a super machine... but about all I do with
it is internet and play mp3 files... I have to use my laptop which has
XP on it to handle files...
I too have triend pluggin in external drives, transfering via the card
reader built in to the machine via CD etc.. there should not be a work
around for this... I didn't pay for a work around to my work flow... I
was in the middle of busy season when I discovered the issues... and
didn't have time to stop and fully address it so now I cannot return
this heap of crap... I did try a callto HP and they wanted charge me$$
to talk to me about a problem whith the machine they made:mad: WTF!!!!
ANYbody getting relief???


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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


> A few other strange items related... all thumbnails appear okay, but
> when
> opened they are jumbled. Sometimes the files look different - ie. one
> file
> could be jumbled in one program, then okay in another program,
> sometimes even
> in the same program if I log off and back in the files appear
> different.
>
> Kris

If the files appear jumbled in one program and ok in another, how can
they be corrupted. If they were corrupted, wouldn't they be bad in all
programs. Not that I'm an expert, just wondering.
Gary


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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


So has SP1 fixed this? anyone?
or has Microsoft stepped up with a solution?
They want to charge me $$ to discuss this since my vista is
OEM...:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files



"mdhausch" <mdhausch.377ku1@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> So has SP1 fixed this? anyone?
> or has Microsoft stepped up with a solution?
> They want to charge me $$ to discuss this since my vista is
> OEM...:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Backup your pictures..
restore the machine to as new using the product recovery disks..
put the pictures back on..
if it still does it take the machine back and get one that isn't faulty.
It is not vista or it would do it for everyone and it doesn't.
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


The only thing different on this machine is vista... same everything
else as the other machines...


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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

dennis@home wrote:

>
>
> "mdhausch" <mdhausch.377ku1@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> news:mdhausch.377ku1@no-mx.forums.net...
>>
>> So has SP1 fixed this? anyone?
>> or has Microsoft stepped up with a solution?
>> They want to charge me $$ to discuss this since my vista is
>> OEM...:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
>
> Backup your pictures..
> restore the machine to as new using the product recovery disks..
> put the pictures back on..
> if it still does it take the machine back and get one that isn't faulty.
> It is not vista or it would do it for everyone and it doesn't.

Bullshit, as usual, by a Vista Fanboy. This NG is full of postings where
Vista is screwing up things for some people and not others - even with 2
identical machines (and no, a MAC address for a NIC card shouldn't count
as "different"). There's obviously something WRONG and UNSTABLE with Vista
in this regards. But Fanboys like you and Microsoft will ALWAYS blame the
end-user or the manufacturer for their problems. It's never Vista's fault
according to dennis@themenace and other Fanboys around here.

Cheers.

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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

Nigel, Did you ever find a solution? I have the EXACT same problem as you. 90% of the image is greyed out, but you can see the "preview" or thumbnail of the perfect image sometimes. With windows you see the images briefly as it draws the thumbnails and with some viewers, I can get a preview (gimp). I have tried playing with the headers in hex for a couple hours and I just get different errors when trying to open the jpegs. Of course, I have tried all of the repair application demos out there. No luck. I probably would have given up by now, but it seems like there has to be a way to open the image data if I can see a preview (no, I am not just seeing an old thumbs.db file, the perfect preview is being grabbed from the corrupt jpeg).

Nigely said:
I recently installed a Vista home basic notebook for a customer, replacing a
windows XP Home desktop.
Most .jpg pictues transferred to the new machine with no problems, but one
set of pictures on a DVD [1200+ images] will not load on the new machine
without up to 60% of them 'greying out' over about 90% of the image.
I can view the complete set on my windows xp pro notebook - NO PROBLEM
whatsoever, but whichever format is used to transfer these to the Vista
notebook results in the same problem - DVD, USB pen, SD card.
The incredible part of it is that when the images are viewed as thumbnails,
whether on the hard-drive of the vista notebool, or by accessing them on any
form of removable media, they initiallly appear as perfect images, almost
immediately followed by the 'grey-over' of over half of the images - you can
watch it happen. No image-viewer software will then display the images
correctly, and I have tried many.
Would appreciate any suggestions on how this issue may be overcome
--
Nigel Yates
Assured Computer Services Ltd
UK


"Chris Game" wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:44:02 -0800, rgp21 wrote:
>
> > I agree. I had everything backed up and haven't lost anything.
> > Its still very frustrating that pictures seem to randomly show up
> > half-greyed out and wish I could find a solution.
>
> Have you sent or transferred them to another computer and tried to
> open the pictures there?
>
> --
> Chris Game
>
> "Some software or hardware problem no doubt," -- Grimly Fiendish
>
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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


I corrected this issue by downloading the updated driver for my builtin
NIVIDIA graphics card from the ACER website. I have the ACER Aspire E380
with Vista.



I had the same problem with JPG files in Vista. I would upload pics
from my camera. When I would view them using "thumbnail view" you could
actually see the new pictures get corrupted one at a time. Every 4th or
5th pic would get grayed out partially, or the picture would turn a
strange color. Downloading and updating my NIVIDIA software corrected my
problem. I hope this will help out others.
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


I corrected this issue by downloading the updated driver for my builtin
NIVIDIA graphics card from the ACER website. I have the ACER Aspire
E380 with Vista.



I had the same problem with JPG files in Vista. I would upload pics
from my camera. When I would view them using "thumbnail view" you could
actually see the new pictures get corrupted one at a time. Every 4th or
5th pic would get grayed out partially, or the picture would turn a
strange color. Downloading and updating my NIVIDIA software corrected
my problem. I hope this will help out others.


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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


I also had the corrupt picture files using Vista on an HP computer. The
pictures would first download correctly in the thumbnails and then
immediately start "greying" out. Sometimes they were funny colors and
other times they looked like a puzzle not put together right. I knew
it was this computer because I could take the media card out and put it
in my laptop computer with XP operating system and the pictures would be
fine. I called HP support several times, read some forums and tried
what was suggested and nothing worked. I finally took my computer back
to Circuit City yesterday and they replaced the media card drive and
said there was a problem with the connection to the USB. I am not
"tech smart" so I am not sure just what they meant, but so far the
pictures seem to be downloading just fine with thumbnails working as
they should...no more greyed-out corrupted pictures. Seems like if it
had been a hardware issue, my pictures would have stayed corrupted, but
if it was just a software/reading issue that is why the pictures would
be ok in an XP operating system? I am just hoping this really did
solve my issue...but, I won't hold my breath...after all it is VISTA!


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Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


I have also had similar problems with JPG images that look strange:
different parts of the image mixed up, strange colors, colored stripes,
etc. I can see these effects also in the thumbnails.

What makes my problem maybe even more peculiar is that only the files I
copy to a specific hard drive get corrupted. I have replaced that hard
drive, but the problem remains. The new drive has the same cables and
drive letter as the pevious one. I have two internal hard drives and one
USB disk. It is on my second internal drive (the one not with the OS on
it) that the problem occurs. Copying JPGs to my other drives works fine.
Copying JPGs from these drives or from card readers to my second
internal drive will sometimes produce corrupted images.

Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
BIOS???

I have been using my computer (an HP) for about a year before this
problem started to appear.
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

>Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
>source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
>BIOS???

None of the above. Have you checked your JPG association lately ???
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"fredasp" <fredasp.3dkme1@no.email.invalid> wrote in message news:fredasp.3dkme1@no.email.invalid...
>
> I have also had similar problems with JPG images that look strange:
> different parts of the image mixed up, strange colors, colored stripes,
> etc. I can see these effects also in the thumbnails.
>
> What makes my problem maybe even more peculiar is that only the files I
> copy to a specific hard drive get corrupted. I have replaced that hard
> drive, but the problem remains. The new drive has the same cables and
> drive letter as the pevious one. I have two internal hard drives and one
> USB disk. It is on my second internal drive (the one not with the OS on
> it) that the problem occurs. Copying JPGs to my other drives works fine.
> Copying JPGs from these drives or from card readers to my second
> internal drive will sometimes produce corrupted images.
>
> Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
> source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
> BIOS???
>
> I have been using my computer (an HP) for about a year before this
> problem started to appear.
>
>
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files


I don't understand your reply. What do you mean?

Peter Foldes;755016 Wrote:
> >Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
> >source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
> >BIOS???
>
> None of the above. Have you checked your JPG association lately ???
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "fredasp" <fredasp.3dkme1@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
> news:fredasp.3dkme1@no.email.invalid...
> >
> > I have also had similar problems with JPG images that look strange:
> > different parts of the image mixed up, strange colors, colored
> stripes,
> > etc. I can see these effects also in the thumbnails.
> >
> > What makes my problem maybe even more peculiar is that only the files
> I
> > copy to a specific hard drive get corrupted. I have replaced that
> hard
> > drive, but the problem remains. The new drive has the same cables
> and
> > drive letter as the pevious one. I have two internal hard drives and
> one
> > USB disk. It is on my second internal drive (the one not with the OS
> on
> > it) that the problem occurs. Copying JPGs to my other drives works
> fine.
> > Copying JPGs from these drives or from card readers to my second
> > internal drive will sometimes produce corrupted images.
> >
> > Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
> > source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
> > BIOS???
> >
> > I have been using my computer (an HP) for about a year before this
> > problem started to appear.
> >
> >
 
Re: Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:34:35 -0500, fredasp <fredasp.3do9ux@no.email.invalid>
wrote:

>
>I don't understand your reply. What do you mean?
>
>Peter Foldes;755016 Wrote:
>> >Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
>> >source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
>> >BIOS???
>>
>> None of the above. Have you checked your JPG association lately ???
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "fredasp" <fredasp.3dkme1@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:fredasp.3dkme1@no.email.invalid...
>> >
>> > I have also had similar problems with JPG images that look strange:
>> > different parts of the image mixed up, strange colors, colored
>> stripes,
>> > etc. I can see these effects also in the thumbnails.
>> >
>> > What makes my problem maybe even more peculiar is that only the files
>> I
>> > copy to a specific hard drive get corrupted. I have replaced that
>> hard
>> > drive, but the problem remains. The new drive has the same cables
>> and
>> > drive letter as the pevious one. I have two internal hard drives and
>> one
>> > USB disk. It is on my second internal drive (the one not with the OS
>> on
>> > it) that the problem occurs. Copying JPGs to my other drives works
>> fine.
>> > Copying JPGs from these drives or from card readers to my second
>> > internal drive will sometimes produce corrupted images.
>> >
>> > Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
>> > source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
>> > BIOS???
>> >
>> > I have been using my computer (an HP) for about a year before this
>> > problem started to appear.
>> >
>> >
>
This problem arose many months ago. Hasn't it been solved yet ?
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