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Some of my photos randomly turning corrupt after transfer. Any ideas?

Some of my photos randomly turning corrupt after transfer. Any ideas?

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Usually rebuilds headers using a healthy photo from the same camera. Worth trying before giving up.

Interesting. Does it actually rebuild the image or just patch it?

I’ve fixed similar blocky images using photo repair software. Not magic, but works surprisingly often.

If the file sizes look normal, that’s a good sign. Viewer might choke, but the data could still be there.

Got it. I already copied everything. The corrupt ones won’t open anywhere though.

Before doing anything else, stop using that card. Copy everything once and don’t write to it again.

Sadly yes, especially cheaper ones or if they’ve been filled to the brim a lot. Also unsafe eject can do it.

That’s what scares me. Card is only a year old though. Can cards degrade that fast?

Yeah, seen this with dying SD cards. Even if most files copy fine, a few get messed up.

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