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Barry Hunter · May 14th, 2015, 03:29 AM

Something strange is happening on my main office PC! When I have copied images from my stills camera for some unexplained reason they are being duplicated with a longer file name, for instance, an image that has a name of P1020839 is duplicated as P1020839@2014-10-07T08;43;06. This obviously the time & date when it was taken, but it means that I have duplicates in the same folder which is reducing the amount of images I can store. I`ve also tried to find a way of grouping these extras in order to delete them & I would like to prevent it happening in the first place, anyone any ideas? Thanks.

James Manford · May 14th, 2015, 05:41 AM

May be time for a re-install of windows ?

Are you drag and dropping the files off a SDHC or CF card reader ?

Barry Hunter · May 14th, 2015, 09:41 AM

I have a card reader in the PC so I open this to view, then create a folder on the HD and then drag the files from the card to the new folder. The last ones I did on returning from holiday weren't affected but previous ones where but not everyone! My feeling is that it`s being caused by software somehow. Another thing, on the HD if I R/Click I don`t have as may tabs, like tools, Hardware, Sharing but maybe that`s because it`s Formatted NTFS & not FAT32? But that can`t be the case as I`ve just looked on another machine that also has the same HD`s which is NTFS & that has all the tabs! Confused!

Seth Bloombaum · May 14th, 2015, 09:48 AM

Are these duplicate images the same size as the keepers?

Is it possible that your camera is creating thumbnails or something? Or, if wifi capable, maybe it is automatically creating lower rez pix for wireless upload - there should be settings for such.

Battle Vaughan · May 14th, 2015, 12:34 PM

Just a thought, but some cameras (Nikon dlsrs, for one) can be set to produce both a JPEG and a RAW file at the same time. Any possibility that you have this setting in your camera?

Jim Andrada · May 14th, 2015, 02:44 PM

Are there really two files or just two names for one file?

Barry Hunter · May 15th, 2015, 01:55 AM

Identical in everything except the file name, also it`s not every image but random. The drive properties are interesting, it`s formatted NTFS but in properties there is no tab for tools also no facility for disk clean up. Just a thought!

May 14th, 2015, 03:29 AM	#1
Barry Hunter Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 46	Image Duplication Something strange is happening on my main office PC! When I have copied images from my stills camera for some unexplained reason they are being duplicated with a longer file name, for instance, an image that has a name of P1020839 is duplicated as P1020839@2014-10-07T08;43;06. This obviously the time & date when it was taken, but it means that I have duplicates in the same folder which is reducing the amount of images I can store. I`ve also tried to find a way of grouping these extras in order to delete them & I would like to prevent it happening in the first place, anyone any ideas? Thanks.

May 14th, 2015, 05:41 AM	#2
James Manford Trustee Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,393	Re: Image Duplication May be time for a re-install of windows ? Are you drag and dropping the files off a SDHC or CF card reader ?

May 14th, 2015, 09:41 AM	#3
Barry Hunter Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 46	Re: Image Duplication I have a card reader in the PC so I open this to view, then create a folder on the HD and then drag the files from the card to the new folder. The last ones I did on returning from holiday weren't affected but previous ones where but not everyone! My feeling is that it`s being caused by software somehow. Another thing, on the HD if I R/Click I don`t have as may tabs, like tools, Hardware, Sharing but maybe that`s because it`s Formatted NTFS & not FAT32? But that can`t be the case as I`ve just looked on another machine that also has the same HD`s which is NTFS & that has all the tabs! Confused!

May 14th, 2015, 09:48 AM	#4
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Re: Image Duplication Are these duplicate images the same size as the keepers? Is it possible that your camera is creating thumbnails or something? Or, if wifi capable, maybe it is automatically creating lower rez pix for wireless upload - there should be settings for such. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

May 14th, 2015, 12:34 PM	#5
Battle Vaughan Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, FL USA Posts: 1,505	Re: Image Duplication Just a thought, but some cameras (Nikon dlsrs, for one) can be set to produce both a JPEG and a RAW file at the same time. Any possibility that you have this setting in your camera?

May 14th, 2015, 02:44 PM	#6
Jim Andrada Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 2,211	Re: Image Duplication Are there really two files or just two names for one file?

May 15th, 2015, 01:55 AM	#7
Barry Hunter Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Newton Abbot Devon Posts: 46	Re: Image Duplication Identical in everything except the file name, also it`s not every image but random. The drive properties are interesting, it`s formatted NTFS but in properties there is no tab for tools also no facility for disk clean up. Just a thought!