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Corrupted Digi Photos Help Please

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I have downloaded our holiday photos from the card to the PC. About half of them display correctly, but the remainder fail to open.

I get the following message:

"Could not open ***.JPG because an unknown or invalid JPEG marker type is found."

I have tried using Recuva from https://www.recuva.com but it doesn't help. Any suggestions please. I can still view the photos on the camera.

Many thanks in advance.
Going down the Oteley Road to see the Shrewsbury aces! :T

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  • f1charlie
    f1charlie Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    You could try this file recovery program:

    http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_media_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

    to see if it has any better results.
    Charlie
  • Donnie
    Donnie Posts: 9,862 Forumite
    Have you tried downloading them again? Which method are you using?
  • sco0ter
    sco0ter Posts: 2,476 Forumite
    You will need to do the recovery from the camera memory card as this contains all the data. When you trnsfer it the data is already corrupt so recovery is not possible..
  • izzitme
    izzitme Posts: 413 Forumite
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    Donnie wrote: »
    Have you tried downloading them again? Which method are you using?

    I am transferring using a card reader. I can print any photo using a PictBridge connection direct to a printer, but the other half wants to look at them on the monitor before she decides which she wants printing!

    Thanks
    Going down the Oteley Road to see the Shrewsbury aces! :T
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Try not using a card reader, use the USB cable with the card in the camera.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • izzitme
    izzitme Posts: 413 Forumite
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    espresso wrote: »
    Try not using a card reader, use the USB cable with the card in the camera.

    Thanks for your advice f1charlie & espresso. All photos are now safely recovered with the help of http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_media_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

    My OH is very happy.

    Thanks again to everybody who replied.
    Going down the Oteley Road to see the Shrewsbury aces! :T
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