If the drive is formatted at NTFS you will need to take ownership of the
files on the new machine. That is what I had to do when I plugged my USB
drive into my new machine.
I also had the same problem when I rebuilt my XP machine.
"Frustrated Chris" wrote:
> 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 news
A8A28C5-0CFA-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?
> > >> >> >
> > >> >>
> > >>
> >