Ligtroom corrupted files, the original files nef

[rino_danilof8136131]

I find some corrupt files from ligtoom, I wonder how it is possible

[dj_paige]

It would help if you showed us an example.

However, corrupted photos are always caused by hardware malfunctions somewhere. It could be the camera card, transfer hardware (card reader or USB cable/port), it could be the hard disk or it could me the computer memory. You need to try to import the photos with different hardware and if possible, import the photos to an entirely different computer, to see if you can isolate the cause.

[rino_danilof8136131]

corruption took place after about one month, on the original lile, I also had the problmea with a ram bench. But why change ligtoom raw owners?

[rino_danilof8136131]

corruption took place after about one month, on the original lile, I also had the problem with a ram bench. But why change ligtroom raw owners? The file is not corrupted by other software

[rino_danilof8136131]

[dj_paige]

Hardware malfunctions, like a disk going bad, or memory going bad, can cause this.

Other software will often show you the JPG preview embedded in the file, which is usually not corrupted, when the RAW image is  corrupted. So it doesn't matter that other software doesn't see the corruption, because the other software is looking in different parts of the file.

[rino_danilof8136131]

So lightroom changes the nef and nef can transform into corrupt?

[dj_paige]

As stated, the problem is caused by hardware. Lightroom does not change the image portion of your original files at all.

[JP Hess · Accepted solution]

Lightroom does not change any NEF or JPEG or any master file that is imported. Those images are always left untouched, in their original pristine condition. If you are experiencing the kind of corruption shown in your example then you have a hardware problem. If it happens a month after the image has been imported then it would seem that you have a hard drive that is going bad. Hopefully, you have backups of your images that can be restored after you remedy the problem.

[rino_danilof8136131]

I found a faulty RAM module corsair, for security check the HD thanks a lot!