Corrupted Images

[mvsoske]

After updating LR 13.01, I went back to some images I took while in Paris in 2009 and when I selected one of them, LR instantly corrupted the file!!!  I have never seen this happen before and I had accessed these files over the years with no problems.  I could find no way to undo this corruption and this is totally unacceptable.  The files are NEF files from a Nikon D300.  Any help would be greatly appreciated before I lose the rest of my files.  I'm not trusting this update.  I have attached a file showing what is happening, and no, there is no camera movement, just the corruption of the file.  I'm using Win 11 with the latest update.

[D Fosse]

File corruption is always caused by failing hardware, no exception. It can be a failing drive or bad RAM, but also worn and loose cables/connectors (especially in the case of external drives). Or saving/opening over a network connection.

This is why we all keep backups. A component can fail at any time.

Lightroom never modifies the image data. It's just read. Adjustments and everything else are stored as text instructions separate from the image data.