All my pics now have a small image of a red torn photo at the bottom center. When I try to move, copy, fix etc. file I get an error message: Cannot copy file:Cannot read from the source file or disk. I've tried to reconnet these files but am not having any luck. Are they gone? Please help.

Thanks

First check your recycle bin to make sure your photos are not there.

Check the properties in Album to see where Album thinks the photos should be. Then look there in Windows to see if they are there.

Try searching for the photos in Windows by file name.

It is always a good idea to try a File>Catalog>Recover when things are not working right. Give that a try.

You do know that Album does not make copies of your pictures? It simply remembers where they are and makes a small reference thumbnail. When you want to make a copy or edit it goes to the location it has recorded for the image and opens the original. Many people have misunderstood this and deleted the images in their My .Pictures folder thinking there were copies somewhere in Album.

If you move or rename your images or image folders outside of Album it will lose track of them. You may need to reconnect by hand if there are too many changes (moving AND renaming)

Thanks for the post Karan,

I've found them and am having to recconect them by hand--tedious but at leat they are there.

Bill