Hi,
Well I tried IV. A great application, but unfortunately I still have
the same problem.
couple questions...
with IV, what did the image look like when you loaded it into IV from the
stick, onto the vista machine ?
ie:
IV installed on Vista machine.
stick = drive M: or whatever...
fire up IV from the vista, browse to M: and an image path.
Load up an image.. what's it look like ? Corrupted or not ?
F7 to move & delete from M: or F6 to copy, pick a location on the Vistamachine
and Save it there if it appears correctly in IV..
If it works then,
use 'T' thumbnails. F7 or F6, and move/copy them to the new path/drive.
Did they corrupt or not ?
or F6 to Copy files from that drive. I don't think you really want something
deleting the files from the stick, b4 you work out the bugs.
Did you email the makers of the stick about this problem ?
I'm starting to think that it's simply a driver/firmware
incompatibility between both ends of the USB connection.
That would be my guess also.. Which would mean you should be able to google for
the stick, and pick thru the results until you see one that sounds like your
problem.
Unfortunately, no driver/downloadable firmware updates appear to exist
for these older devices (as of yet). The data simply gets corrupted in
transfers, whether or not that transfer is a file copy read, a file copy
write or even just a read and display from the remote device by an
application on the Vista machine such as IV. In all cases, the data
just doesn't go across the USB cable and come out the other side
intact.
It happens with TIFF and BMP as well as JPG. I have also had
corruptions with videos in MPG, AVI, WMV and FLV formats. Never
noticed a problem with other file types such as word, powerpoint, etc..
In fact, when I bought my new Vista machine I transferred my entire "My
Documents" directory (almost 1G of data) from my XP machine using the
same Pocketec Datastor USB 2.0 (40G) with no problems whatsoever. It
just doesn't like pictures or video.
As I say, the files on the Sony DSC-v1 or Pocketec Datastor may be fine
initially, as can be proven with an XP machine. However, file transfers
to/from the Vista machine over USB will produce permanently corrupted
results. However, file transfers to/from the Vista machine by any
other means (e.g. network transfers from an XP machine, or plugging the
memory stick directly into the slot on the Vista machine) from these
devices are fine.
Which sounds correct. meaning the stick & the vista & XP are compatible.
Hmm... am I understanding you right, you're plugging the USB cable from one
machine to the other directly ?
Not real sure if a USB cable was designed for that sort of thing. Feedback =
corruption!
But you'll need someone that's done those type of transfers to help any
further. I think you need a parallel cable or fire wire or modem for machine to
machine transfers. Actually, what it sounds like you need to do is set upyour
Vista & XP on a home Intranet. That's beyond me. I have no use for 2 machines
being connected. Never much dug into how to setup an intranet. But I'm pretty
sure you can bet it isn't done with 1 USB cable. Actually, I'm partially wrong
here. I did build a cable for an office intranet once. There were something
like 100 pins to 1 cable. Not exactly a USB cable.
Do you have any other cables from the XP to the Vista plugged in ?
I'm thinking with the USB plugged in to do the transfer, you may be having
other issues. Such as you would with 2 similar objects trying to do the same
job at the same time. Best illustrated when you have a bad phone connection and
hear the neighbors yakking away in the background on your phone. Poor
connection causing interference. resulting in bad images. And I'm guessing if
you did the same type transfer with 'My Documents', you probably have
corruption in them also. They're just not as visible as an image or movie. ie:
You'd need to run a spell checker to be sure.
Take a look at the cable on your monitor.. See that large round oblong thing on
the line to the monitor ? That's a filter to prevent interference. ie: The
computer itself broadcasts interference. The monitor does also. a USB cable is
normally unfiltered. If you have 2 cables connecting the Vista with the XP,
that might be your problem. Do you have a USB printer connected to both
machines ? Try unplugging that cable and do a transfer.
Any other USB things connected to both machines you failed to mention ? Or list
them all again..
Take the above and see if it matches your setup.. I'm just guessing now.
Actually, I'm not sure what you are doing.. ie: put data on the stick viaUSB
from the XP, then move the USB cable on the stick from the XP to the vista and
try to download from the stick ?
It should work, but even though the stick has a USB connection, there is such a
thing as signal loss over any wires. Plugging the stick in directly to the
Vista or XP negates the signal loss. There really shouldn't be any signalloss
over a normal length USB cable, but there could be signal interference going
on. Signal loss, interference = poor transfer. That might explain the
differences you see in the transfers. No constant, except signal noise which
would be a variable resulting in a different corrupted image as long as the
interference is present.
I wouldn't rule out dirty contacts on either the USB device or the cable
itself. A rubber pencil eraser on the contacts should be able to restore them
if necessary.
See if any of the above sounds like your situation...
