Digital photos Lost

epmsa

Transferred my photos to computer. Saved OK. Deleted from my camera. Now I can't print or put the saved photos on disc. They are still on computer but message says Drawing Failed. Any ideas??

Triangle

From the sounds of it i'd guess at your picture viewing software isn't capable of viewing the photos.
But that's a guess going on sketchy info.

If you give more info you'll get a better answer - how's your it knowledge, what type of picture are they (jpg, bmp, etc), what's your computer running (xp, vista, 98??), what's your viewer software??

I'm not trying to be smart but please add as much information as possible (you'll get better answers)

Thoie

Try attaching one here and see if we can see it? The fact that it says "Drawing failed" sounds like a very specific piece of software, so if you're on Windows, right click one of the files, click properties, see what it's saying for "Open with", and change that to something else if you can.

IrishWhite

I think the problem might be with your windows picture viewer have you tried opening them with someting else like photoshop, if that works set whatever opens them to your default for viewing pictures

conkeroo

OP, are you trying to open raw or jpeg files? If you're trying to open raw files, the viewer may not support them. If jpeg, drawing the images can take a while so even if it says drawing failed leave it for a little while and see if it shows then.

sternn

Even though you have deleted the files from your memory card they are still there unless you have filled up the card again with more. There is restoring software available on the internet that can restore the images if your card is corrupt or you accidentally deleted them.

IrishWhite

you can download free recovery software here www.recuva.com it works quite well.