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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: lisashomeoffice on July 29, 2008, 03:51:10 AM

Title: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: lisashomeoffice on July 29, 2008, 03:51:10 AM

I was going through my photo software and there are some photos I am trying to pull up and edit, but I keep getting this message.  Kodak easy share software can no longer find the file.  The file may have been renamed or moved in your Windows file
system. The photos I want to pull up have a zig zag line through them.  It seems that the photos have been moved somewhere.  How can I find them and return them to my photo software system?  I can't do anything with them until I can retrieve them where ever they are.





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Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: kpac on July 29, 2008, 03:56:50 AM

Do you know the names of the files?
If so, open Explorer (Windows Logo key + E) and try searching for them.

Can you find them?

Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: soybean on July 29, 2008, 08:43:21 AM

Are they .jpg files?  Search for all .jpg files or any other type file by uisng an * as a wildcard for the filename.  For example, searching on *.jpg will find all .jpg files on drive C if you select C as the location for the search.

Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: lisashomeoffice on July 30, 2008, 12:55:32 AM

I was lucky and found a tool on the photo software that reconnects missing pictures.  All my photos are on a zip disk and unfortunately in folders I've found when I opened up the  contents of the zip disk. The problem now is, that when I try to reconnect the missing pictures in the folders I keep getting a message that says that it could not locate the files in the hard drive.  They are not on the hard drive.  How do I get the software to realize that the photos are on a zip disk?  It looks like it would be easier if I could reconnect them this way.

Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: kpac on July 30, 2008, 02:56:43 AM

Can you not move them onto the main HD?

Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: lisashomeoffice on July 30, 2008, 03:40:35 AM

 I can if someone can tell me how to transfer the photos on the zip drive onto the hard drive.

Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: kpac on July 30, 2008, 03:47:11 AM

Put in your ZIP drive and go to My Computer. Do you see the drive icon here? Usually its letter is A:\.

Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: Pat09 on July 30, 2008, 08:27:48 AM

You might need to install the zipdrive drivers if you never used it on that computer. If you can see it in your windows Explorer. Good Luck!

Title: Re: Help! I can't find my photos.
Post by: soybean on July 31, 2008, 06:24:12 AM

Quote from: lisashomeoffice on July 30, 2008, 03:40:35 AM

I can if someone can tell me how to transfer the photos on the zip drive onto the hard drive.

http://www.lpts.edu/Academic_Resources/ITS/WindowsPDFs/FileManagementTutorial.pdf. The section on Copying files is what you should focus on.

For more references: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=managing+file+with+windows+explorer