Need some computer jpeg/jpg help

[stephen87]

I had a TON of pictures on a flash drive. Unfortunately the flash drive failed and I lost everything. Then I realized I had some of them on Photobucket. So I downloaded one of the albums and I'm having issues. When I preview the picture, they look like this:



When I open it to actually view it, It looks like a normal picture. I can't preview pictures from that download and there are some others that do that to. Anyone know anything about this issue?

 

[poptab]

my semi uneducated guess is that windows cant tell the dimensions of the photo maybe because it had its meta data removed or corrupted. Id try resaving the file with whatever you are opening it with.

 

[ashby koss]

There is a good reason I dont trust the cloud for photos, or other imporatant things. I insist upon local with backups outside of computer.

 

[stephen87]

I had a physical copy, that went corrupt. I had shared them online for my girlfriend's family to have access to.

 

[stephen87]

No one has any other thoughts? I tried to resave it as a JPEG and it didn't do any good.

 

[Snapdragon]

I would focus more energy on salvaging the flash drive. Have you looked into that?

 

[stephen87]

Tried. It was unsalvageable. The pictures, when I was able to pull them off, were just as bad. I don't know what the deal is.

 

[Snapdragon]

What program did you use?

 

[stephen87]

Idk, my dad pulled them off for me and most were corrupt. The ones that weren't I saved, the others were bad.

 

[z96Cobra]

If you still have the flash drive, you may be able to retrieve some/all of your pictures. There are lots of data recovery software that may be able to help. Many have a free trial.

 

[wabash]

download and try a few different image programs from here >>> Portable App Directory | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives

 

[stephen87]

Already tossed the drive. We were able to pull the pictures, but they wound up the same way.

 

[mrjarrell]

Too bad you tossed the drive. I was going to suggest you find someone with a Mac to take a look at it for you. I've recovered stuff from Windows computers on my Macs when the Windows computers couldn't. Different OS's see things in different ways. Oh, well. Sorry you lost your pics.

 

[stephen87]

Thanks, anyway guys. Idk what to do to save them, but I'll figure something out.

 

[BugI02]

If you can get access to something with more horsepower, like Photoshop or Illustrator, try opening them in that. This would be better done for you by someone already familiar with those programs. Your windows machine's default program it uses to try and open the pics may be incompatible with the format the files are being imported with. Its also possible unless youre signed in as the account holder on photobucket that it wont allow download into a program with editing capabilities. hard to diagnose without looking over your shoulder

 

[woowoo2]

Faststone image viewer is a powerful free image program, give it a try.

 

[printcraft]

Can you email me anything? I'll give it a whirl.