I have been taking photos by digital cameras and copying onto my hard drive. I then copy the photos over to a second hard drive in case my primary drive fails. Furthermore, I copy all the photos onto a hard drive that is external to my computer (firewired).
Note some of the photos are new, and some have been on the system for a long time.
Suddenly, some of the thumbnails are failing to display, and when attempting to open, I am getting "no preview available" messages. When I look at the other drives, the some of the photos there too are failing to display.
It is not a file association problem, or a problem with which program I am using to open the file with. I don't think it is not a file compression problem, since I don't compress any files (I have enough drive space to cover a thousand computers). I don't believe it is a virus problem. Again, some of these photos have been on the drive for a while, but it doesn't seem to matter whether it is an old photo, or a new one.
I have been on Microsoft looking for a fix to this problem, as well as other forums.
Does anyone know why photos suddenly fail to display?
Is there a fix for this problem?
If photos can't be reliably stored on a computer, then digital photography for my purposes becomes worthless.
Appreciate any help you can give on this...
Note some of the photos are new, and some have been on the system for a long time.
Suddenly, some of the thumbnails are failing to display, and when attempting to open, I am getting "no preview available" messages. When I look at the other drives, the some of the photos there too are failing to display.
It is not a file association problem, or a problem with which program I am using to open the file with. I don't think it is not a file compression problem, since I don't compress any files (I have enough drive space to cover a thousand computers). I don't believe it is a virus problem. Again, some of these photos have been on the drive for a while, but it doesn't seem to matter whether it is an old photo, or a new one.
I have been on Microsoft looking for a fix to this problem, as well as other forums.
Does anyone know why photos suddenly fail to display?
Is there a fix for this problem?
If photos can't be reliably stored on a computer, then digital photography for my purposes becomes worthless.
Appreciate any help you can give on this...