Frustrated Chris

It was actually an internal hard drive that I had as a 2nd drive on my old
computer and I made it external with one of those conversion boxes.


"Dave" wrote:

> Well, that could be, but I have .jpg photos taken as far back as 1997, with
> a Ricoh and 2 Olympus cameras.
> All of them open ok in Vista. Some of them came from a XP computer, and
> some probably came from a Win 98 computer.
>
> Can you tell us exactly what kind of external drive it is, and how you
> copied them?
> Or where you copied them?
> Did you import them with Windows Photo Gallery?
> Or did you add the external drive folder to Windows Photo Gallery?
> Can you get to them with Windows Explorer?
>
> You didn't say if you tried the couple of things I suggested.
>
> There is no magic answer to your problem.... we have to troubleshoot by
> finding out what you've done, and what works, and what doesn't.
>
>
>
> "Frustrated Chris" <FrustratedChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message newsA8A28C5-0CFA-4EA0-8B9F-DA494E874EC5@microsoft.com...
> >I think the problem is that the files are coming from an XP computer. I
> >can
> > download new JPGs from email, the web or a digital camera just fine.
> >
> > It could have something to do with "ownership" of the files, but I have
> > tried everything and cannot get it to work.
> >
> > "Dave" wrote:
> >
> >> hmm, I have to believe that if these are valid .jpg files, Vista can &
> >> will
> >> open them.
> >>
> >> Here's a link to picture file types & how Vista handles them...
> >> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...667f41033.mspx
> >>
> >> Perhaps it's a file permission problem, or where it's located.
> >> You didn't copy these photo to "My Pictures" or "My Documents", did you?
> >> Can you copy one to the Desktop, or to C:\Users\(youraccount)\Pictures
> >> and
> >> try to open it?
> >> Can you open one with Internet Explorer?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Frustrated Chris" <FrustratedChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:BB07D2E0-92E0-40FF-954E-6FAA16F315D1@microsoft.com...
> >> >I copied them to the Vista computer.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the suggestion with Infanview, but there is no reason (in my
> >> > opinion) that the Vista viewer should not read them. I plan on
> >> > returning
> >> > the
> >> > new Vista system and buying a Mac if I cannot fix this.
> >> >
> >> > "Dave" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Did you copy the files to the Vista computer, or are they still the
> >> >> external
> >> >> drive?
> >> >>
> >> >> You might download and try Irfanview, a free viewer. Try opening a
> >> >> file
> >> >> and
> >> >> press "I" to see the information about the file.
> >> >> http://www.irfanviewpack.com/
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Frustrated Chris" <FrustratedChris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >> >> in
> >> >> message news:C9124F2F-2F2A-4E68-B42F-51ABAABB9EEA@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I recently purchased a new system with Vista to replace my old XP
> >> >> >system
> >> >> >and
> >> >> > have had a ton of problems. The biggest one being the inability to
> >> >> > see
> >> >> > photos in Vista. I moved them all from my old XP system via an
> >> >> > external
> >> >> > hard
> >> >> > drive and Visa Photo Gallery gives an error message "Photo Gallery
> >> >> > can't
> >> >> > open
> >> >> > this picture because it might have been deleted or in in a location
> >> >> > that
> >> >> > is
> >> >> > not available".
> >> >> >
> >> >> > All of these photos are JPGs downloaded from a Cannon camera. The
> >> >> > new
> >> >> > Vista
> >> >> > system displays the file size and date of picture, but cannot view
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > image. I can't view the image in Photo Gallery, Paint or any other
> >> >> > application.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Can anyone help?
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >>
>