windows 7 corrupting all photos after copying from usb

[nighthawk01]

i have tons of photos on a windows xp laptop, they all show up fine on the laptop and on the usb that i copy them onto. If i put the usb into any windows 7 computer it corrupts half the photo with a color that was in the picture such as maroon, grey, etc. Then if i put the usb back in the xp laptop it is also corrupted there 😱
http://tinypic.com/r/27xld3d/8

 

[Rowan Virgo]

Perhaps a problem with the USB drive, have you got another you could try?

 

[nighthawk01]

no, but if i copy it directly from the phone/camera it does work, but as I've said i don't have conclusive proof to see if the usb is broken since i can view the photos from the usb on windows xp before i plug the usb into windows 7

 

[George Mulligan]

Sounds like a file system/formatting issue on the USB. As Rowan suggests, use another USB.

 

[whassup]

Ensure your windows 7 PC is virus/malware free. Do scan the Win 7 PC with Malwarebytes Anti malware scanner also run HerdProtect cloud scanner (68 engines) to clean any possible malware infections.

 

[nighthawk01]

turns out the solution was to format the usb as fat32 instead of ntfs

 

[Rowan Virgo]

How about putting one of the photos online, Dropbox or Google Drive, then downloading it to the windows 7 PC. That wont necessarily prove it's the USB that the problem but it might be a solution.
I would suggest not uploading to something like FaceBook and then downloading them as it will compress the images but if the other method fails it's worth a try.
Also if you have a lot of pictures neither of these options are that great because it will take while or not fit in Google drive.

 

[Rowan Virgo]

Oh great I'm glad you fixed it