I had the same problem, and now the same solution. Thank you Gary, never even thought the pad was the root of the problem
Blue, I think Sidjen is giving you a suggestion as to how to find your missing files in an easier way. To find picturefiles of all formats, try Picasa2 from Google, it's free and scans your harddisc for all pictureformats and shows you where they are, it also works as a decent little photoeditor for smaller repairs.
