Thanks for your help with this, Kevin. I will have a look at Beyond Compare. David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Ross Sent: 24 January 2012 20:16 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Copying photos Hi David, I can only guess that the files may somehow be compressed or encrypted when you do the last copy from the Laptop to the EHD. Check the settings in your copy program (SyncBack SE). I also assume that you have checked to see that the photos on the Laptop are okay ? Do you have a program to compare files? You could use this to do a comparison of the files on your Laptop to the folder on the EHD where you copied from the Laptop. I use a program called Beyond Compare, but it is not free. Perhaps Faststone Image Viewer may do the trick... http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm Regards, Kevin. On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:19 AM, David Railton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kevin, > > I don't need to take a second copy but I am curious as to why it > happens. Is there, perhaps some problem I have with my computer > system? I share a lot of photos with others; and I would be interested > to know if they are going to experience problems copying my copies of copies. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kevin Ross > Sent: 23 January 2012 15:22 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Copying photos > > Hi David, > > I hear you, but I don't quite understand why you need to do a 2nd copy > to the EHD from the Laptop. > > You have the Photos on your PC, then your EHD, then your Laptop. Why > copy them back to the EHD from the Laptop unless some changes are > being done to the Photos on your Laptop ? > > > Regards, > Kevin. > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:09 AM, David Railton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The breaking up of the photos is into separate horizontal bands each > > having predominantly a single colour. > > > > I have a desktop pc to which I scanned the photos. I use SyncBack SE > > to automatically copy files to an external hard drive. Since > > scanning the photos I have purchased a laptop. I also use SyncBack > > SE to copy files from the laptop to a different folder on the same ehd. > > > > I copied from the ehd to the laptop without a problem. When this > > folder was then copied to its mirror on the ehd the photos broke up. > > What I have done to keep a good copy on the laptop ehd copy is to > > copy directly from pc ehd folder to laptop ehd folder. This laptop > > ehd folder does however get overwritten by the automatic copying process. > > It is not a major problem as I do have a good copy but would like to > > know why and if there is anything I can do about it. > > > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Kevin Ross > > Sent: 23 January 2012 13:45 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Copying photos > > > > Hi David, > > > > This is my interpretation of your process, as you described it... > > > > Scan >> PC >> Ext HD >> Laptop >> Ext. HD > > > > > > What is your operating system and how much memory do you have ? > > > > What programs/processes are you using to do all of this copying ? > > > > Why are you copying to so many locations ? > > > > Are you processing the photos along the way (i.e. Photoshop) ? > > > > When you copy to the Ext. HD the 2nd time, is it to the same folder > > (overwrite) or to a new folder ? > > > > What do you mean when you say the files "break up" ? > > > > > > Regards, > > Kevin. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:31 AM, David Railton > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I have scanned photos to my pc. These then get saved to the > >> external hard drive. I have then copied from the external hard > >> drive to my laptop. They then get saved again from the laptop to > >> the external hard > > drive. > >> > >> > >> > >> No problems in scanning, saving to ehd and copying from ehd to laptop. > >> However, when they are copied a fourth time from the laptop to the > >> ehd they break up. > >> > >> > >> > >> Does anyone have any ideas why this happens? > >> > >> > >> > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >> > >> Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing > >> prices on > > the list. > >> > >> Remember to SNIP when replying. > >> > >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -------- > > K. 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