[Cefca]

I did a search for this but didn't find anything that helped me so sorry if this is a repeat question.

I'm using Windows XP and I've got some fairly old images on a DVD+RW that I can't seem to open. I've tried opening them straight from the disc and after copying them into a folder on my desktop but neither have worked.

With both attempts, before I try opening the images, none have a thumbnail preview and in filmstrip view say "No preview available". I've tried opening them in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, Paint and Adobe Fireworks but I just get an "Unknown file type" error even though all the images are either in .jpeg or .png format.

I have other files on the disc that open fine, it's just these image files.

I was wondering if there was any way to get the images to load.

Thanks.

[philthomas]

Have you tried to open them on a different PC .... some optical drives are better at reading "iffy" disks than others.
If no better, it probably means the files are corrupted on the disk.

[Cefca]

I just tried on another computer and had the same problem. Other files from the disc are loading fine, it's just all the images. Is there no hope of retrieving them?

[philthomas]

Hate to say it, but it doesn't sound good.

You could try a CD/DVD Recovery program, but obviously there's no guarantees.

Here's a free one you could try ..... I cant advise you further, I'm afraid, as I haven't personally used one of these.

[Cefca]

It just seemed to copy and paste the images from the disc to a folder on my computer and I still can't open them.

Thanks anyway though.