Vista has corrupted 30% of all of my JPG files

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Kristian said:
I have this same problem!! Since I changed operation system to Vista
allmost
every jpg files has been corrupted! Allmost 2000 photos and about 150 of
those are important because those are the originals I have sold! Doesn't
anyone really knows a solution to this problem. I have backups ofcourse
but I
cant risk those by connecting that drive to this computer where Vista is.
I
also noticed that some of my mp3 files corrupted also, first they were
fine
but after I transferred those to internal harddrive they all corrupted!!!
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Need to be a bit more detailed. In what way are they corrupt? Won't open,
partial data corruption? I have a lot of jpg, original art work, etc under
Vista, along with a LOT of MP3's with no corruption whatsoever.
 
Those files are mostly partially corrupted. I can open those but example
pictures are kind of a "broken", they are like a puzzle, part of picture is
wrong place in that picture. Some pictures have different coloured areas,
example half of that picture is red box but you can see the original picture
in red area. Some of those pictures there are different color of lines. And
other pictures half of that picture is grey zone where isnt anything else.
Mp3 files are also partially corrupted. Only few picturefiles or Mp3s I cant
open. Re-installing Vista or updating any software or drivers wont work. Now
i noticed that when I move those files from my external drive to my computers
(where this error is) internal hd , those pictures that has some problems are
different allmost every time when I re-copy those to computer, I mean those
problems I earlier mentioned changes in picture every time I re-copy those. I
tried that external harddisk to other computer and copying went well, but
that isnt the solution because its not Mine/My computer. I wondered, is it
possible that some hardware might cause this kind of problem... That external
hd works fine on other computer. I can't install same Windows Vista to other
computer because it came with that computer, no cd or dvd, its in the
harddrive.
 
I bet this has nothing to do with Vista. You probably open them with the
same viewer that worked in XP, so go to the manufacturer's site and download
a Vista driver. This is what I did for my HP 8250 printer. Talk to a
concierge via email. They will explain to you everything.

Another option is to open them up with MS Windows Media Player. This animal
will open anything. I do not know if it comes as a part of your edition. I
do have Ultimate.

Nothing in your precious files is corrupted. No viewer will mess up with the
content unless you began editing them.
 
Kristian said:
Those files are mostly partially corrupted. I can open those but example
pictures are kind of a "broken", they are like a puzzle, part of picture
is
wrong place in that picture. Some pictures have different coloured areas,
example half of that picture is red box but you can see the original
picture
in red area. Some of those pictures there are different color of lines.
And
other pictures half of that picture is grey zone where isnt anything else.
Mp3 files are also partially corrupted. Only few picturefiles or Mp3s I
cant
open. Re-installing Vista or updating any software or drivers wont work.
Now
i noticed that when I move those files from my external drive to my
computers
(where this error is) internal hd , those pictures that has some problems
are
different allmost every time when I re-copy those to computer, I mean
those
problems I earlier mentioned changes in picture every time I re-copy
those. I
tried that external harddisk to other computer and copying went well, but
that isnt the solution because its not Mine/My computer. I wondered, is it
possible that some hardware might cause this kind of problem... That
external
hd works fine on other computer. I can't install same Windows Vista to
other
computer because it came with that computer, no cd or dvd, its in the
harddrive.
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NORMALLY, what you describe is indicative of corruption on the drive itself.
Sector degrading, the like. If it were happening over a network, I would say
you were getting trash packets thrown in and it is corrupting in that
fashion. But the way you describe it, it seems more to me like a fault
somewhere in the transfer. Meaning you said the corruption changes every
time you copy. I've heard of bad cables, firmware, and a fault in the
controller circuit causing random problems. That being said, I will be the
first to admit that I do not know everything so maybe someone else can chime
in and take a stab at this.
 
Did anyone ever come up with a valid answer to this? I also have the problem
of some of my pictures being half-grey. They are ok on the cf card and copy
ok to my Windows XP system. Have not been able to pinpoint why this is
happening. I believe all my drivers and software are up to date with Vista.
 
I can send copies of the files if anyone is interested. Please help. I

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


neofitou said:
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.)
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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.
 
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
 
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.
--
Will Bowlin


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 said:
Have you sent or transferred them to another computer and tried to
open the pictures there?
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mdhausch said:
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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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.
 
dennis@home said:
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.
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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.

--

A US president declared war on poverty. Poverty won.
Another US president declared a war on drugs. Drugs won.
This US president declared a war on terror. Terror won.
Next?
 
Since I have replaced the hard drive I cannot really see what's the
source of the problem? Cables, connectors, driver circuits, Vista,
BIOS???
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None of the above. Have you checked your JPG association lately ???
 
Is it ONLY JPGs, or do other files get corrupted when transferred to the
problem drive? How about GIFs? Or BMPs. Or DOCs, or TXT files, etc.?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

fredasp said:
None of the proposed solutions has worked for me.
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Test some non-image files. Zip files, CAB files, EXE files (like
NOTEPAD.EXE, from the Windows folder, and REGEDIT.EXE, WINPOPUP.EXE,
CALC.EXE.), all of these will be easy to test. Also DOC files if you have
Word, that kind of thing.

Just copy them over and see if they open/function.
 
Then you definitely have a hardware problem and only a formal t-shooting
will pinpoint it. For instance, try a different cable, next a different SATA
connector on the mobo, and even try yet another HDD.

Is the mobo still under warranty? And why did you let this go on for months?
Computers almost never fix themselves.
 
If you are using Vista's default picture viewer program it's a known
issue that picture colors will not look right in some cases. Try viewing
the pictures with a different program or google on how to fix it. It's
something to with the color profile.
 
That Vista replacement for XP's Windows Picture & Fax Viewer is a total heap
of dog-crap.

Apart from glitching pictures etc as you mention, it won't "Preview"
animated gifs - just shows a static image. Utter crud. And the gibbering,
dribbling lunatics in Microsoft programming cellars say it's an advance!

Pedro
 
Pedro said:
That Vista replacement for XP's Windows Picture & Fax Viewer is a total heap
of dog-crap.

Apart from glitching pictures etc as you mention, it won't "Preview"
animated gifs - just shows a static image. Utter crud. And the gibbering,
dribbling lunatics in Microsoft programming cellars say it's an advance!

Pedro
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I don't have an answer but I seem to recall a user having trouble with
the transfer from camera to PC via USB cable. Mine works fine but if USB
is what you used maybe you could double check the motherboards drivers
and stuff.
 
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