thumb.db files are thumbnails that windows made of the image. if you can
recover them, you will have low quality versions of the images.


On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Hachmeyer, Mr. Paul S.
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> My daughter's 18 month old HP laptop Hitachi hard drive is dying, the
> laptop will not boot in any mode and hd error messages show up during boot
> attempts.  Neither HP nor Hitachi will provide any credit or replacement
> for the hd, 1 year standard laptop warranty covers the hd also....
> I removed the hd and put it into a usb box and I was able to recover all
> of the  documents, mp3's, etc.  However, 95% of the jpeg's will not copy
> over properly.  File counts and sizes look to be the same but the jpeg's
> won't open in any software.
> I've also tried file recovery software, same result.  Interesting enough,
> the files won't open on the original hd either when connected via the usb
> box, but the other files will.
> Are the thumb.db files an integral part of the jpeg, or only used for
> snapshots of the jpegs within a folder?
> Is there anything unique about recovering jpegs that is preventing their
> recovery or even viewing on the old hd?
> .
> On a positive note, HP still had recovery disks available for purchase for
> about $14 delivered which made it pretty easy to load up a new hard drive
> with original delivered software.  Windows updates took a while, but the
> laptop is working fine.
> Paul
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