Saving Image to SD Flash Fails (WinXP Photos)

We have several digital cameras that we take photos with. My wife always
renames them to be something she can use (instead of P1011432.JPG).

My wife and I have both noticed from this last batch that we can not copy
all files to a SD Flash Card for displaying in our Digital Picture frame.

We load the SD Flash Card into our card reader, plug into the USB port,
select files in Windows Explorer, and Drag-N-Drop them onto the SD Flash Card.

Most work, but many fail with the unhelpful "Error Copying File or Folder"
Message Box that only says, "Cannot copy 20080814-045: The directory or file
cannot be created."

These files consistantly can not be copied.

Even though the error message from Windows does not display an extension,
all of these files are JPEG images.

She can not get this to work on her WinXP Home PC, and I can not get it to
work on my WinXP Pro SP3 machine.

Is there something in the pictures' Image Properties that prevents photos
from one camera from being copied to the same SD Flash Card that has photos
from another camera? (That is what it is acting like) Otherwise, the files
are not read only, hidden or archive files.

Thanks for any help you can throw my way!

jp2msft wrote:
> We have several digital cameras that we take photos with. My wife
> always renames them to be something she can use (instead of
> P1011432.JPG).
>
> My wife and I have both noticed from this last batch that we can not
> copy
> all files to a SD Flash Card for displaying in our Digital Picture
> frame.
>
> We load the SD Flash Card into our card reader, plug into the USB
> port, select files in Windows Explorer, and Drag-N-Drop them onto the
> SD Flash Card.
>
> Most work, but many fail with the unhelpful "Error Copying File or
> Folder" Message Box that only says, "Cannot copy 20080814-045: The
> directory or file cannot be created."
>
> These files consistantly can not be copied.
>
> Even though the error message from Windows does not display an
> extension,
> all of these files are JPEG images.
>
> She can not get this to work on her WinXP Home PC, and I can not get
> it to work on my WinXP Pro SP3 machine.
>
> Is there something in the pictures' Image Properties that prevents
> photos from one camera from being copied to the same SD Flash Card
> that has photos from another camera? (That is what it is acting like)
> Otherwise, the files are not read only, hidden or archive files.
>
> Thanks for any help you can throw my way!
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FWIW...
If you would like for the file extensions
to be visible...open a folder and go to...
Tools / Folder Options / View tab...
uncheck "Hide Extensions For Known
File Types" / Apply / OK.

As for copying to the SD card...maybe
you are copying too many files to the root
directory. I get the "directory or file cannot
be created" if I copy more than 170 pictures
to the root directory of a 1 GB SD card.

Try using folders. When writing to a memory
card...digital cameras typically create a new
folder for each 100 pictures.

--

John Inzer
MS Digital Media MVP

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I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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Amazing!

Thanks, Mr. Inzer. I never would have guessed that.

All of the files copied over easily after placing them in separate folders.

"John Inzer" wrote:
> you are copying too many files to the root
> directory. I get the "directory or file cannot
> be created" if I copy more than 170 pictures
> to the root directory of a 1 GB SD card.
>
> Try using folders. When writing to a memory
> card...digital cameras typically create a new
> folder for each 100 pictures.

jp2msft wrote:
> Amazing!
>
> Thanks, Mr. Inzer. I never would have guessed that.
>
> All of the files copied over easily after placing them in separate
> folders.
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You're welcome.

Thanks for the update.

--

John Inzer
MS Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk