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| Thread ID: 42218 | 2004-02-04 08:27:00 | Copying Pics.... HELP!! | Josholio (5225) | Press F1 |
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| 212804 | 2004-02-04 08:27:00 | My sister just brought back a whole load of photo's on a CD from her trip around the world. Problem is, when I try to copy them from the CD to my computer it copies maybe the first 30-50 or so, then it starts slowing down until eventually it pops up with some excuse like, "cannot copy file ....., either it isn't there or it's been moved. Press F5 to refresh the window and try again". But, nothing's moved, F5 doesn't do jack apart from refresh which doesn't help. When i go to do something else, the computer seems to be alright, but trying to do anything in that window ( D: ), takes forever until the computer eventually crashes. Can anyone help me??? Oh before I forget, yes I can view the photo's straight from the Disc, just not copy all of them. And no they aren't protected. Thanks... |
Josholio (5225) | ||
| 212805 | 2004-02-04 08:40:00 | It sounds like the CD is marginal for being read by your drive. Try it in another PC? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 212806 | 2004-02-04 08:44:00 | Hello Josholio Welcome to Press F1 :) What OS do you have? And have you tried copying only a few images at once, not the entire lot??? |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 212807 | 2004-02-04 08:49:00 | I'm using Win ME, yes i've tried copying a few at a time, but as soon as I have so many on my computer it starts to slow down and get septic at me. | Josholio (5225) | ||
| 212808 | 2004-02-04 09:07:00 | Have you tried the CD in another computer? Like what godfather said. | stu140103 (137) | ||
| 212809 | 2004-02-04 09:17:00 | Will try on the weekend. Hopefully that works. | Josholio (5225) | ||
| 212810 | 2004-02-04 10:21:00 | Silly question maybe, but do you have enough spare disk space to hold all these photos? Deleting temporary internet files, emptying temp folders and your recycle bin followed by a defrag may improve matters. It sounds like a storage resource issue as otherwise you wouldn't be able to get the first 50 off either. Post computer specs including HDD size and free space. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 212811 | 2004-02-04 10:25:00 | sounds like your system is getting low on resources while copying there are ways round this copy perhaps twenty at a time then press ctrl alt delete keys once find and highlight "explorer" click on end task, next it will ask you if you wish to shut down click on cancel then it will ask you to end task click on end task. you have ended explorer task but because windows needs it to run it will restart explorer I think this also dumps the contents of the ram and clears system resorces this works in 98se and although ME is a later edition of a microsoft operating system they are not that far apart. Beama now ducks for cover :) |
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