Christine - here's a video that shows how to find missing or relocated files and folders.
<http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-lightroom-4/import-moving-folders-around-after-the-fact/> If you have the same structure on both drives, It takes longer to watch the explanation than to do it. Just a tip for people organizing things in Lightroom. Put all of your files and folders under one top level folder. Call it "photo library" of whatever you would like. This makes it easy to move everything to a different drive. gs George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> wrote: > > Quoting Eric Featherstone <eric.featherst...@gmail.com>: > >> I believe there's a rather simpler solution. Your lightroom catalogue >> has stored within it the location each photo and these of course all >> point to a drive called "Lightroom 1". If your thrid drive reeally is >> an identical copy of "Lightroom 1" then name it identically too (i.e. >> Lightroom 1), then start Lightroom and it will all just work. > > > > > That was my first thought as well but not being a Lightroom user I wasn't > sure if there was something in the database structure that wouldn't allow it > to work. > > In my Studioline image management system I did precisely that when I needed > to create a separate backup of the database. Is there any reason why it > wouldn't work with Lightroom? > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > >> >> David's method perfectly valid but is just a little more involved, >> needing to relocate the files from within Lightroom. I don't have >> Lightroom here in front of me but from memory you would right click >> (or maybe apple or option click on a mac?) on the topmost folder level >> in the left hand pane and choose "locate", then browse to your >> Lightroom 2 disk in the dialogue that comes up. >> >> Eric. >> >> On 11 July 2012 09:22, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm not sure how to "simply point your catalog to Lightroom 2". I just >>> tried to figure it out, but I'm lost. The only option I see is to reimport >>> each folder on Lightroom 2 drive into the catalogue, but I'd still have the >>> original "missing file" and I'd have to rerender the photo. Each >>> individual folder of photos on Lightroom 2 does not appear in the Folders >>> panel on the left hand side of the Library module. It does for Lightroom 1, >>> which was the drive the catalogue was linked to. Is this the problem? >>> >>> Sorry, Dave, for not understanding your directions, but I do appreciate >>> your help, It's late. I think I'll try this again in the morning, but I >>> don't feel confident I'll have better luck. >>> >>> Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 11, 2012, at 12:47 AM, David Parsons wrote: >>> >>>> Do not delete the catalog or the images in the catalog. That will >>>> erase any keywording and image editing that you may have done. >>>> >>>> If the backup (Lightroom 2) has the identical files that Lightroom 1 >>>> had, then simply point your catalog to Lightroom 2, and make Lightroom >>>> 3 a new backup (I would seriously think about using a different naming >>>> scheme). >>>> >>>> If Lightroom 2 has the same files, but they aren't in the same folder >>>> structure, then it will be more tedious to link the files (but >>>> infinitely more preferable to re-importing and re-doing all your >>>> previous work). >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Christine Aguila >>>> <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Everyone: >>>>> >>>>> I'm seeking advice. Here's the situation: >>>>> >>>>> 1) I've been using 2 external drives for my photos. I have called >>>>> these drives Lightroom 1 (main one which has been linked to a catalogue of >>>>> 8,000 plus photos) and Lightroom 2 (back up). Well, Lightroom 1 stopped >>>>> responding. It's been replaced, and I have named the replacement external >>>>> drive Lightroom 3. >>>>> >>>>> 2) Now, all the photos in my catalogue of 8,000 plus photos are >>>>> identified in Lightroom as "missing." As Lightroom users know, this is >>>>> because Lightroom can't find the external drive Lightroom 1 (the drive >>>>> that >>>>> died). >>>>> >>>>> So, my question is, what would our experienced Lightroom users do in >>>>> this situation? Would you >>>>> a) delete all images in the catalogue and reimport from Lightroom 2 >>>>> (and copy photos to Lightroom 3)? >>>>> OR >>>>> b) delete the catalogue itself, create a new catalogue, then import >>>>> photos from Lightroom 2 (and copy photos to Lightroom 3)? >>>>> OR >>>>> c) something different? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Also, lately I've been thinking of going through all my photos and >>>>> really weed out the junk, so I thought that since I have to deal with this >>>>> photo management mess, I'd also do some weeding at the same time. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Christine >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
