problem with file corruption

[thedarkman]

I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc, have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with Windows 2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something entirely
different.

I've had file corruption before, years ago, but that was with WordStar
files, and the problem was floppy disks. A lot of these files have
been burned to CD; I'm not sure about the others.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

Can anyone identify the problem, and more to the point tell me how to
stop it in future, and how if possible to recover the lost files?

Thanks

 

[Pennywise]

I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc, have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with Windows 2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something entirely
different.

I've had file corruption before, years ago, but that was with WordStar
files, and the problem was floppy disks. A lot of these files have
been burned to CD; I'm not sure about the others.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

Can anyone identify the problem, and more to the point tell me how to
stop it in future,

FWIW there are a lot of malware programs that screw with graphic
files, deleting them (mostly).

Mayhaps try Irfanview as your graphic viewer could be corrupt itself
http://www.irfanview.com/

and how if possible to recover the lost files?

Just your standard recovery software
http://riccardo.raneri.it/blog/eng/index.php/2006/03/02/free-tools-to-recover-lost-data/
shorter http://tinyurl.com/gkktj

 

[jameshanley39]

I have a serious problem regarding jpgs. I noticed some time ago that
a lot of mine, which are mostly of people and buildings, etc, have
become corrupted. I am using a fairly old computer with Windows 2000;
last year I was using an older one but upgraded of sorts.

A lot of the files don't read at all, but some have become mixed up,
ie a jpg that is meant to be of a tree will be of something entirely
different.

I've had file corruption before, years ago, but that was with WordStar
files, and the problem was floppy disks. A lot of these files have
been burned to CD; I'm not sure about the others.

I thought one cause could be that I have a lot of files in the
directories, some I have five thousand or more, but this really
shouldn't be a problem,

Can anyone identify the problem, and more to the point tell me how to
stop it in future, and how if possible to recover the lost files?

Thanks

bad hard drive,.

or regarding the cable, it could be a bad cable. Or the wrong cable..
IDE hard drives should have an 80 wire cable. Not a 40 wire cable.
Use google images to find pictures and check that you have an 80 wire
cable in there. I read that once browsing pcguide website or seeing
dansdata article about smaller IDE cables that leave more room in hte
case for air to go around, and length limits. And I think i've seen
data corruption caused by it too.


chkdsk c: /r <--- that might fix it.

but you should address the cause.