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My friend tried to burn some of his pictures to cd by using the copy
to cd option in his My Pictures folder. Now you cannot open the
pictures with any program. The details view shows the file name the
filesize ( which appear to correct). I can move the pictures and it
takes a while to move them or email them but they still will not open
- PLEASE HELP>

Do you mean the pictures in the folder, or the pictures on the CD?
If you still have them in your My Pictures folder, download CDburnerxppro
and burn them to CD with that program. You will find it on Google, it is
freeware.
There have been so many similar complaints about theWin XP burner, I'm
surprised anyone still uses it.

If you can't read the files in My Pictures folder, you have an entirely
different problem!
HTH,

Jim.


<lisa.l1964@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:36bfd894-b678-44c4-bef2-65f237a27de7@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> My friend tried to burn some of his pictures to cd by using the copy
> to cd option in his My Pictures folder. Now you cannot open the
> pictures with any program. The details view shows the file name the
> filesize ( which appear to correct). I can move the pictures and it
> takes a while to move them or email them but they still will not open
> - PLEASE HELP>

On Feb 2, 11:39*pm, "Jim Cladingboel" <carra...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Do you mean the pictures in the folder, or the pictures on the CD?
> If you still have them in your My Pictures folder, download CDburnerxppro
> and burn them to CD with that program. You will find it on Google, it is
> freeware.
> There have been so many similar complaints about theWin XP burner, I'm
> surprised anyone still uses it.
>
> If you can't read the files in My Pictures folder, you have an entirely
> different problem!
> HTH,
>
> Jim.
>
> <lisa.l1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:36bfd894-b678-44c4-bef2-65f237a27de7@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > My friend tried to burn some of his pictures to cd by using the copy
> > to cd option in his My Pictures folder. Now you cannot open the
> > pictures with any program. *The details view shows the file name the
> > filesize ( which appear to correct). *I can move the pictures and it
> > takes a while to move them or email them but they still will not open
> > - PLEASE HELP>- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

He can't read the files from the hard drive in the my pictures
folder. Thanks

<lisa.l1964@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fdcfc466-edd6-45ab-a0d9-71eb4669f28d@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 2, 11:39 pm, "Jim Cladingboel" <carra...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Do you mean the pictures in the folder, or the pictures on the CD?
> If you still have them in your My Pictures folder, download CDburnerxppro
> and burn them to CD with that program. You will find it on Google, it is
> freeware.
> There have been so many similar complaints about theWin XP burner, I'm
> surprised anyone still uses it.
>
> If you can't read the files in My Pictures folder, you have an entirely
> different problem!
> HTH,
>
> Jim.
>
> <lisa.l1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:36bfd894-b678-44c4-bef2-65f237a27de7@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > My friend tried to burn some of his pictures to cd by using the copy
> > to cd option in his My Pictures folder. Now you cannot open the
> > pictures with any program. The details view shows the file name the
> > filesize ( which appear to correct). I can move the pictures and it
> > takes a while to move them or email them but they still will not open
> > - PLEASE HELP>- Hide quoted text -
>

> > >He can't read the files from the hard drive in the my pictures
> > >folder. Thanks

Can only suggest it might be a problem with Attributes.
If your friend right-clicks a file, check if the Attributes are Read
Only in Properties/General.
This can sometimes cause a problem. Otherwise I'm at a loss!

What is the situation with the files copied to the CD?
Will these open OK or are they also unreadable?

Jim.

Jim Cladingboel wrote:
> <lisa.l1964@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:fdcfc466-edd6-45ab-a0d9-71eb4669f28d@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 2, 11:39 pm, "Jim Cladingboel" <carra...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Do you mean the pictures in the folder, or the pictures on the CD?
>>If you still have them in your My Pictures folder, download CDburnerxppro
>>and burn them to CD with that program. You will find it on Google, it is
>>freeware.
>>There have been so many similar complaints about theWin XP burner, I'm
>>surprised anyone still uses it.
>>
>>If you can't read the files in My Pictures folder, you have an entirely
>>different problem!
>>HTH,
>>
>>Jim.
>>
>><lisa.l1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>>news:36bfd894-b678-44c4-bef2-65f237a27de7@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>My friend tried to burn some of his pictures to cd by using the copy
>>>to cd option in his My Pictures folder. Now you cannot open the
>>>pictures with any program. The details view shows the file name the
>>>filesize ( which appear to correct). I can move the pictures and it
>>>takes a while to move them or email them but they still will not open
>>>- PLEASE HELP>- Hide quoted text -
>>
>
>>>>He can't read the files from the hard drive in the my pictures
>>>>folder. Thanks
>
>
> Can only suggest it might be a problem with Attributes.
> If your friend right-clicks a file, check if the Attributes are Read
> Only in Properties/General.
> This can sometimes cause a problem. Otherwise I'm at a loss!
>
> What is the situation with the files copied to the CD?
> Will these open OK or are they also unreadable?

There are numerous reports of Windows corrupting files that
were scheduled to be burned to CD. Some chain of events
between the scheduling and the subsequent burning can
apparently scramble the files to be burned.

While one certainly hopes that this problem has not occurred
to your friend, the possibility exists.

There are apparently no problems with using a third-part app,
like Roxio or Nero, to burn a data disk.

-michael

NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."

On Feb 4, 8:30*am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Jim Cladingboel wrote:
> > <lisa.l1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:fdcfc466-edd6-45ab-a0d9-71eb4669f28d@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> > On Feb 2, 11:39 pm, "Jim Cladingboel" <carra...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> >>Do you mean the pictures in the folder, or the pictures on the CD?
> >>If you still have them in your My Pictures folder, download CDburnerxppro
> >>and burn them to CD with that program. You will find it on Google, it is
> >>freeware.
> >>There have been so many similar complaints about theWin XP burner, I'm
> >>surprised anyone still uses it.
>
> >>If you can't read the files in My Pictures folder, you have an entirely
> >>different problem!
> >>HTH,
>
> >>Jim.
>
> >><lisa.l1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:36bfd894-b678-44c4-bef2-65f237a27de7@k2g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> >>>My friend tried to burn some of his pictures to cd by using the copy
> >>>to cd option in his My Pictures folder. Now you cannot open the
> >>>pictures with any program. The details view shows the file name the
> >>>filesize ( which appear to correct). I can move the pictures and it
> >>>takes a while to move them or email them but they still will not open
> >>>- PLEASE HELP>- Hide quoted text -
>
> >>>>He can't read the files from the hard drive in the my pictures
> >>>>folder. *Thanks
>
> > Can only suggest it might be a problem with Attributes.
> > If your friend right-clicks a file, check if the Attributes are Read
> > Only in Properties/General.
> > This can sometimes cause a problem. *Otherwise I'm at a loss!
>
> > What is the situation with the files copied to the CD?
> > Will these open OK or are they also unreadable?
>
> There are numerous reports of Windows corrupting files that
> were scheduled to be burned to CD. *Some chain of events
> between the scheduling and the subsequent burning can
> apparently scramble the files to be burned.
>
> While one certainly hopes that this problem has not occurred
> to your friend, the possibility exists.
>
> There are apparently no problems with using a third-part app,
> like Roxio or Nero, to burn a data disk.
>
> -michael
>
> NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
> Home page: *http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>
> "The wastebasket is our most important design
> tool--and it's seriously underused."- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Lisa sent me a few files that she could not open.

The files were in 64K blocks of just a single repeating byte. ie
there is absolutely no information and recovery of these files is 110%
impossible.

I have no guesses as to what caused it.

Michael