HAving got my new PC up and running I've been going through an archive of pictures form 20+ years ago.
Some are on what's labelled as a recordable CD in jpg format.
I've an external CD drive plugged into the PC but although I can see the individual JPG files in file explorer it seems impossible to either open/view or to copy and paste them to the PC.
Is this a known issue with old tech compatibility?
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What does the PC say when you try. Is your external drive new?*
Its reading the FAT ok (File allocation table) clearly as they appear in explorer. It is known (now!) that CD-Rs suffer from data loss over time. (specially if they are CD-R/W
If your drive is old it might not be -r compatible.
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External drive is new as modern PCs no longer incorporate Optical drive. Not even a cut out where I could install one from my stock of PC bits.
Having tried in another device with a CD-ROM drive I'm thinking there might be a corruption issue.
Pics were titled Dad's 40th which surprised me as I didn't think we'd a digital camera in 1999.
Having got some of them to open Dad in question was not me but a family friend who, 20+ years on, is my Daughter's father in law and my Grandson's 'Taid'.
Using Welsh solved the who is going to be Granny/Grandad issue....
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Problem With Recordable CD - Zero
