downloaded digital image! I took some photographs recently at a funeral and wanted to download them to my computer and then onto a clip drive. I did this and the ones on my computer I...

Dalbon

I took some photographs recently at a funeral and wanted to download them to my computer and then onto a clip drive. I did this and the ones on my computer I could see very well but when I downloaded them to the clip drive I wasn't able to open the image on my computer. I wanted to have some pictures made so they could be sent to others that were there. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Oh maybe I should say that the photographs were taken using a Nikon D-800.
Thanks, David

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Assuming the files are JPG images when copied onto the thumbdrive as well as your computer, there shouldn't be any differences nor any problems. Can you provide some more details about the file types, etc?

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

Are you sure you downloaded the actual files to the portable drive and not just links to them?

RogStrix Loc: UK

I'm guessing that you have copied the raw files (Canon would be .CR2?) and not jpegs files and your computer has an app to read them. I'm also guessing the ones copied to a click/USB drive were also raw files but the computer/photo store terminal doesn't have the ability to read them? Use an app like Irfanview to batch convert them to .JPG for general use.

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

We need to know the file extensions at each location. Are they .jpg or .tiff or ???

Dalbon

Thank you and yes the files are jpeg. I've had some problems before but this is the first time that all the shots weren't available once transferred to a clip drive.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

What does "not available" mean? They're not copied? They don't display? What error messages? Were they even copied like maybe the target drive is full and / or protected?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Can the operating system see the file names?

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

Go to your "clip" drive and right click on it, then look at Properties. That should tell you if the drive is full, how many files there are (if any), etc. At least a starting point.

ecurb1105

Dalbon wrote:

I took some photographs recently at a funeral and wanted to download them to my computer and then onto a clip drive. I did this and the ones on my computer I could see very well but when I downloaded them to the clip drive I wasn't able to open the image on my computer. I wanted to have some pictures made so they could be sent to others that were there. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Oh maybe I should say that the photographs were taken using a Nikon D-800.
Thanks, David

Never heard of a clip drive before, what is it?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Dalbon wrote:

I took some photographs recently at a funeral and wanted to download them to my computer and then onto a clip drive. I did this and the ones on my computer I could see very well but when I downloaded them to the clip drive I wasn't able to open the image on my computer. I wanted to have some pictures made so they could be sent to others that were there. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Oh maybe I should say that the photographs were taken using a Nikon D-800.
Thanks, David

Did the computer give you an error message? If you right-click on the file name, you should be able to select a program to open the file. Are the file names on the computer in the same format as on the little drive?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

ecurb1105 wrote:

Never heard of a clip drive before, what is it?

Flash drive, thumb drive, memory stick, USB flash drive, jumpdrive. Lexar named theirs JumpDrive, and the name stuck - with some people, like xerox, aspirin, and cellophane.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

jerryc41 wrote:

Flash drive, thumb drive, memory stick, USB flash drive, jumpdrive. Lexar named theirs JumpDrive, and the name stuck - with some people, like xerox, aspirin, and cellophane.

Someone I know calls it a “jigawatt stick”

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Did you put SHORTCUTS to the files on your flash drive, not COPIES of the files?

PGHphoto Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Dalbon wrote:

I took some photographs recently at a funeral and wanted to download them to my computer and then onto a clip drive. I did this and the ones on my computer I could see very well but when I downloaded them to the clip drive I wasn't able to open the image on my computer. I wanted to have some pictures made so they could be sent to others that were there. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Oh maybe I should say that the photographs were taken using a Nikon D-800.
Thanks, David

I have seen that type of problem happen when people copy files to a usb drive and don't eject the drive from a software perspective before they pull the drive out of a windows computer. Because the files were never closed prior to the removal of the drive, the files show up in the directory of the drive but are not able to be opened. Happens most often when dragging and dropping files via windows explorer but you should ALWAYS eject a USB drive from a windows computer before removing the drive.

Sometimes putting the drive back into the computer and then ejecting can cause the files to be closed but pretty rare that things are corrected that easily.