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Recovering Corrupt JPG File
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Major Malfunction
2003-12-18 01:45:39 UTC
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I was cleaning out the closet the other day and came across some old, circa
1992, floppies with a program called PhotoFinish. I have no need for the
program, a photo editor, but it did come with several floppies worth of JPG
images, mostly photos. After copying the images to my hard drive, I used the
Browser in PSCS to get an idea of what they looked like. A few, maybe 10 out
of the 200, were not viewable. If I tried to open the image, I received a
message that the file was "truncated or corrupt". I tried several viewers
with the same result. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might
recover these files?

Thanks!
Stephan
2003-12-18 02:52:17 UTC
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Post by Major Malfunction
I was cleaning out the closet the other day and came across some old, circa
1992, floppies with a program called PhotoFinish. I have no need for the
program, a photo editor, but it did come with several floppies worth of JPG
images, mostly photos. After copying the images to my hard drive, I used the
Browser in PSCS to get an idea of what they looked like. A few, maybe 10 out
of the 200, were not viewable. If I tried to open the image, I received a
message that the file was "truncated or corrupt". I tried several viewers
with the same result. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might
recover these files?
Try IrfanView (free)
http://www.irfanview.com/
It is not a picky as PS.

Stephan
Major Malfunction
2003-12-18 13:23:40 UTC
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Post by Stephan
Post by Major Malfunction
I was cleaning out the closet the other day and came across some old,
circa
Post by Major Malfunction
1992, floppies with a program called PhotoFinish. I have no need for the
program, a photo editor, but it did come with several floppies worth of
JPG
Post by Major Malfunction
images, mostly photos. After copying the images to my hard drive, I used
the
Post by Major Malfunction
Browser in PSCS to get an idea of what they looked like. A few, maybe 10
out
Post by Major Malfunction
of the 200, were not viewable. If I tried to open the image, I received a
message that the file was "truncated or corrupt". I tried several viewers
with the same result. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might
recover these files?
Try IrfanView (free)
http://www.irfanview.com/
It is not a picky as PS.
Already tried it and got the same result. I was hoping if I could read it I
could save the image with another name. I've also tried IE Explorer and some
other free ware / share ware viewers. I think the age of the media I pulled
the images from may be responsible for the corruption.
mscir
2003-12-18 19:56:40 UTC
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is your photo file posted on the web anywhere for people to experiment
with?
Post by Major Malfunction
Post by Stephan
Post by Major Malfunction
I was cleaning out the closet the other day and came across some old,
circa
Post by Major Malfunction
1992, floppies with a program called PhotoFinish. I have no need for the
program, a photo editor, but it did come with several floppies worth of
JPG
Post by Major Malfunction
images, mostly photos. After copying the images to my hard drive, I used
the
Post by Major Malfunction
Browser in PSCS to get an idea of what they looked like. A few, maybe 10
out
Post by Major Malfunction
of the 200, were not viewable. If I tried to open the image, I received
a
Post by Stephan
Post by Major Malfunction
message that the file was "truncated or corrupt". I tried several
viewers
Post by Stephan
Post by Major Malfunction
with the same result. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I might
recover these files?
Try IrfanView (free)
http://www.irfanview.com/
It is not a picky as PS.
Already tried it and got the same result. I was hoping if I could read it I
could save the image with another name. I've also tried IE Explorer and some
other free ware / share ware viewers. I think the age of the media I pulled
the images from may be responsible for the corruption.
J C
2003-12-18 20:21:24 UTC
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:23:40 GMT, "Major Malfunction"
Post by Major Malfunction
Already tried it and got the same result. I was hoping if I could read it I
could save the image with another name. I've also tried IE Explorer and some
other free ware / share ware viewers. I think the age of the media I pulled
the images from may be responsible for the corruption.
If it is a defective disk, then running the disk through Norton Disk
Doctor could work. It has save my butt plenty of times.

But I gotta say, if you've 200 jpgs on FLOPPY, my gut tells me that
they're really crappy anyway and probably not worth the trouble...
partcularly when you could get 1000's by buying a really cheap clip
art suite.


-- JC
Major Malfunction
2003-12-19 00:33:09 UTC
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Post by J C
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:23:40 GMT, "Major Malfunction"
Post by Major Malfunction
Already tried it and got the same result. I was hoping if I could read it I
could save the image with another name. I've also tried IE Explorer and some
other free ware / share ware viewers. I think the age of the media I pulled
the images from may be responsible for the corruption.
If it is a defective disk, then running the disk through Norton Disk
Doctor could work. It has save my butt plenty of times.
But I gotta say, if you've 200 jpgs on FLOPPY, my gut tells me that
they're really crappy anyway and probably not worth the trouble...
partcularly when you could get 1000's by buying a really cheap clip
art suite.
It's spread across three floppies. Actually, I'm not overly concerned about
these, I'm just trying to enlarge the collection I have. As I first said,
these are from a program I acquired in the Dark Ages of 1992 or there
abouts. It's more of a learning process to meet the challenge of trying to
recover than salvaging something irreplaceable.

I'm in the process now of organizing and reviewing what I already own before
I spring for another collection. I've got clip art going back to what came
bundled with WordPerfect for Windows 3.1 plus I literally inherited another
collection. Once I get this sorted out, then I'll see if there is something
I really need.

As for the Norton Disk Doctor suggestion, I don't own that program. I'll
check TUCOWS and see if there is a similar shareware utility I can use.
Don't know why I didn't think of that before :-{(
Husky
2003-12-19 15:28:34 UTC
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:33:09 GMT, "Major Malfunction" <***@hotmail.com>
wrote:

get irfanview and view one of the images in hex view to see what type file it
is. This is assuming irfanview doesn't automatically open it as is. Then you'll
have a starting point to figuring out what type files they are. from the age it
would make sense they're gif. or something commodore. iff maybe. And
www.irfanview.com can handle iff just fine.
Post by Major Malfunction
I'm in the process now of organizing and reviewing what I already own before
I spring for another collection. I've got clip art going back to what came
bundled with WordPerfect for Windows 3.1 plus I literally inherited another
collection. Once I get this sorted out, then I'll see if there is something
I really need.
more pix @ http://members.toast.net/cbminfo/index.html

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