I have some jpgs recovered from a formatted hard drive. They are corrupt and won't open in any photo viewing utility. However, the thumbnails for them seem to display just fine. How is this possible?
2007-01-21 04:32:07 · 3 answers · asked by vikram b 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
dont think that jpg files only have pixel data alone..
it contains many colour standards
headers , metadata , caption , encoded method and program
exposure , dpi , and so many embedded..
similarly thumbnail is a part of any such image..
remember original file is not a projection of that thumbnail..
2007-01-21 04:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by Nizam@niji 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the thumb nail is simply a shortcut to the file! As a matter of fact, did you copy the thumbnails? If so, you didnt copy the actual files in the first place.
2007-01-21 04:36:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
may be you can resave the thumbnail under different name or file type like gif or something then open?
2007-01-21 04:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by cameron b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋