Re: Picture data on hard drive disappears after burning and erasing CD
From: Paul Ballou (A26milerunner_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/04/04
- Next message: Shine: "Recently installed an HP scanner..."
- Previous message: Canna W: "All my pix have changed file endings. JPEGs gone!"
- In reply to: BriMtlGtr: "Picture data on hard drive disappears after burning and erasing CD"
- Next in thread: BriMtlGtr: "Re: Picture data on hard drive disappears after burning and erasin"
- Reply: BriMtlGtr: "Re: Picture data on hard drive disappears after burning and erasin"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:59:34 -0600
first, is there any way to recover that data?
==============================
You can try a Search and Recovery software such as Iolo Search and Recover
or Executive Software Undelete to see if you can recover the images.
Second, is this behavior known to occur in Windows XP Home?
============================================
I don't believe this is a behavior with XP Home
Third, should I
> start taking pictures in another format (such as RAW) and then converting
> them to JPEG for printing and publishing on my web site?
====================================================
This is a personal choice you will need to make.
Fourth, should I use
> another method of copying photos to a CD-RW?
===================================
If you are using XP's built in Copy features I recommend trying to use
software such as Roxio's CD Creator programs like this offer more control.
You should use CDR media to save photos or if you need a method just to
transport files from your computer to another location and don't want the
photos to remain permanent on the media try using some other form of
removable such as compact flash or zip disk.
Finally, should I stick to film?
======================
This is a personal choice. I use both film and digital camera's. I have all
my film placed on CD as well as getting print copies by doing this I always
have a copy of the photo and don't need to scan prints to get a digital copy
-- Paul Ballou MVP Office http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/templates http://office.microsoft.com/home Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't control. "BriMtlGtr" <BriMtlGtr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CD4B2543-87FA-49B7-96D4-E1463D63D190@microsoft.com... > Hi all. I have some digital pictures that I first save to my hard drive > from > my Canon digital camera, then copy to a CD-RW using Windows Explorer to > drop > off at the local photo store to print them for family members. After I > have > the paper copies, I erase the CD-RW in Windows Explorer so I can reuse it > later. > > I was looking for a picture on the hard drive through Windows Explorer and > found the appropriate folder and file, but the data in all of the pictures > in > the folder is missing; that is, the file is there, but there is no > picture. > When I check the properties, Windows XP does recognize the .jpeg file > format, > but it shows the file size is 0 bytes. I attempted to open the files in > photo > viewing software (Windows Picture Viewer, Canon Photo - came with the > camera), photo editing software (Adobe PhotoShop Elements 2.0), and > Internet > Explorer, but the results are the same. I think it has something to do > with > the CD-RW because the pictures that are missing were all copied and > treated > this way, but other pictures not handled this way remain intact. > > I do back up my hard drive to an external hard drive using Retrospect, but > it copies the data that currently exists on the primary drive. So if the > data > disappears from the computer's drive, it makes an image of it on the > external > drive (after this, I'm considering just copying files over and no longer > using Retrospect). Needless to say, the photos are missing from the > external > drive as well. Fortunately, I have access to the paper copies, so I can > scan > those in and have digital copies again. > > So here are my questions: first, is there any way to recover that data? > Second, is this behavior known to occur in Windows XP Home? Third, should > I > start taking pictures in another format (such as RAW) and then converting > them to JPEG for printing and publishing on my web site? Fourth, should I > use > another method of copying photos to a CD-RW? Finally, should I stick to > film? > Any advice is greatly appreciated.
- Next message: Shine: "Recently installed an HP scanner..."
- Previous message: Canna W: "All my pix have changed file endings. JPEGs gone!"
- In reply to: BriMtlGtr: "Picture data on hard drive disappears after burning and erasing CD"
- Next in thread: BriMtlGtr: "Re: Picture data on hard drive disappears after burning and erasin"
- Reply: BriMtlGtr: "Re: Picture data on hard drive disappears after burning and erasin"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
