Post by BuckSkin on Jan 11, 2017 12:00:05 GMT
First let me say that it is untelling when, if ever, I would have caught on to this had I not ran a file synchronization program that duplicated my entire by-date image folder tree; 18,757 image files in 897 sub-folders.
Before this, way every once in a while, I would view a folder of PSD files in FastStone and there would be one image that it would chew on for a while, then give up and display a big red X in place of the thumbnail.
Then, yesterday, I did the file synchronization thing and it flagged a dozen PSD files as being "uncopyable" to the destination folder; it even printed a sheet that listed all pertinent details as to which and where.
Curiously, of folders full of PSDs dated back into the fifties to present, every last one of the corrupted PSDs was dated in 2016.
These files ranged in size between 86-MB and 163-MB; and, although I cannot view them to see how many layers, the particular files are not of things that I would have had any more than four or five layers.
Trying to view these files in FastStone yields the big red X.
Trying to view them in E12 Editor crashes not only the program but also locks up the rest of the OS, requiring a re-start to get things back under control.
Trying to view them in E7 Editor results in a very long spell of the little rotating circle, then either of three different messages; "there has been a program error etc.", "Elements does not recognize this file type etc.", and one that said"the leading tail of this file is unreadable" (definitely the first time I have ever seen that).
These files were save-as to the external hard-drive, along with 18,757 others in the same root folder, plus untold other files of varying types from video to documents; and, once there, stayed there; they haven't been moved and copied around hither thither.
Although the overall percentage of "death loss" is far better than any feed-lot, only a dozen out of 18,757, I would be in a complete panic had any of these been one of my "special" files.
If you are still with me after wading through all of that, herein lie the questions:
What are your thoughts on what could be happening to foul up these PSDs ?
The subject matter of most of these affected files are such that once saved they probably would not have ever been opened again.
Could these files have gotten corrupted during the "save-as" ?
Could the disk inspect and repair thingie have done this ?
Thanks for reading.
Before this, way every once in a while, I would view a folder of PSD files in FastStone and there would be one image that it would chew on for a while, then give up and display a big red X in place of the thumbnail.
Then, yesterday, I did the file synchronization thing and it flagged a dozen PSD files as being "uncopyable" to the destination folder; it even printed a sheet that listed all pertinent details as to which and where.
Curiously, of folders full of PSDs dated back into the fifties to present, every last one of the corrupted PSDs was dated in 2016.
These files ranged in size between 86-MB and 163-MB; and, although I cannot view them to see how many layers, the particular files are not of things that I would have had any more than four or five layers.
Trying to view these files in FastStone yields the big red X.
Trying to view them in E12 Editor crashes not only the program but also locks up the rest of the OS, requiring a re-start to get things back under control.
Trying to view them in E7 Editor results in a very long spell of the little rotating circle, then either of three different messages; "there has been a program error etc.", "Elements does not recognize this file type etc.", and one that said"the leading tail of this file is unreadable" (definitely the first time I have ever seen that).
These files were save-as to the external hard-drive, along with 18,757 others in the same root folder, plus untold other files of varying types from video to documents; and, once there, stayed there; they haven't been moved and copied around hither thither.
Although the overall percentage of "death loss" is far better than any feed-lot, only a dozen out of 18,757, I would be in a complete panic had any of these been one of my "special" files.
If you are still with me after wading through all of that, herein lie the questions:
What are your thoughts on what could be happening to foul up these PSDs ?
The subject matter of most of these affected files are such that once saved they probably would not have ever been opened again.
Could these files have gotten corrupted during the "save-as" ?
Could the disk inspect and repair thingie have done this ?
Thanks for reading.
