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Alright I made some banners in Photoshop and saved them as gifs on a different computer, then copied them to a flash drive. I then copied them to my computer and theres is no preview and when i tried opening it in paint it says files curropted or format not sopported. I tried a different format like jpeg too.. I just dont get why this is happening. I apreciate all the help that you guys can offer.

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Brief diagnosis tied to the thread: the images display correctly on the source machine (per ) but fail to preview or open on the other PC. Flash drives only store bytes, so this is almost always a transfer/format issue rather than the drive “not supporting images.” Common causes to rule out: the files were renamed instead of converted (e.g., a PSD named .gif), the copy was truncated/corrupted during transfer, or the destination viewer is simply stricter than the source machine’s viewer (browsers can be forgiving).

Practical checks (in order of speed and diagnostic value):

  • Compare file sizes on the source PC and the copied files (right‑click → Properties). If sizes differ or any file is 0 KB, the copy is corrupted.

  • Confirm the actual file signature (magic bytes) rather than just the extension. Useful signatures:

    GIF:  ASCII "GIF87a" or "GIF89a"
JPEG: bytes FF D8 FF
PNG:  bytes 89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A
PSD:  ASCII "8BPS"

    Tools: file image.gif (Linux/Mac), certutil -hashfile image.gif MD5 or Get-FileHash (Windows) for checksums, or a simple hex viewer (HxD) to inspect the first bytes. A PSD renamed .gif will show "8BPS" at start and will fail in Paint exactly as described (see ’s note).

Reliable remedies and workflow to avoid repeats:

  • On the original machine, export/save explicitly as GIF (use “Save for Web” or Export) and save to the local hard drive first. Then compress the images into a single ZIP and copy the ZIP to the flash drive. If the ZIP extracts correctly on the destination, the files survived transfer intact.
  • Try a different USB port and a different flash drive; run a quick chkdsk / error check on the stick if corruption recurs.
  • If files have correct size/header but still won’t open in Paint, use a more tolerant viewer (IrfanView, GIMP) or re-export from Photoshop with standard settings.

Prioritize: verify size/header first, then re-export and copy as ZIP. This isolates whether the problem is format, export, or transfer.

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Member Avatar for HI2Japan

have you tried opening them after saving them but before transferring them to the flash drive?

Member Avatar for RockNRoll

Ya the images show and everything before i save it to the flash drive.

Member Avatar for HI2Japan

Try opening it with IE on the other computer.

Rt Click --> Open with --> select IE or Choose Programs from a list --> select IE

Member Avatar for RockNRoll

Ya that works with the other computer. Maybe the flash drive doesn't support images or somthing??

Member Avatar for HI2Japan

I've never encountered that before. Does the flash drive have problems with any other types of files?

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Nope , i used it for website files and game patches and it worked fine. I dont get why the images arent formatted correctly.

Member Avatar for MidiMagic

Two possibilities:

- You didn't use the proper procedure to eject the flash drive when you put the images on it.

- The flash drive is designed for a Vista computer, and the other computer is XP or earlier.

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I removed the flash drive safely. my computer is kind of older but it has xp. It must be the flash drive i will try it with a different one.

Member Avatar for elvenchild

i got another idea. are you sure you've exported the images properly to *.gif files? cos what you describe happens when you take lets say image.psd file and rename it to image.gif.

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