Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you are not replacing the drive like Mark wrote below, but will have two drives (e.g. C and a new 'D'), then if you just right click on the drive name in the LR Library module, you can ask it to locate missing folder or some such and it will synchronize. When I did that, I think I may have to do it per each top level folder, but I'm not sure. In that case, certainly exporting as a catalog may be the simplest. Copy and then replacing the drive is the simplest of all. On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Making a copy of the images/catalogue won't hurt, but may not be necessary. > > Are you doing an image copy of the original hard drive? > > If it's a Windows machine and the drive letter is going to be the same for > the new hard disk, then Lightroom should see the files with no > intervention. > > When I upgraded the 'C' drive (the one with the OS and gubbins on it) on > my old Windows XP machine, I did an image copy of the old drive to the new > drive, using an external disk caddy. Then, when I physically replaced the > old 'C' drive with the new drive and it all came up with no problems. > > I've also done a similar thing with a Macbook. I had to upgrade my wife's > hard drive. In this case, I did a time machine backup of the old disk, > installed the new HDD in the Macbook, loaded the OS from the original media > then restored everything from Timemachine. > It was time consuming, but again, no issues with Lightroom. > > > > > > > Mark Pope, > Swindon, Wilts > UK > > Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk > Blog > http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**blog<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog> > Picture a week (2010) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > index.php?gallery=paw/2010<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010> > Picture a week (2009) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > index.php?gallery=paw/2009<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009> > (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/** > index.php?gallery=paw/2008<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008> > > > On 26/01/2012 14:15, Peter Cheyne wrote: > >> I'm copying the contents (wholesale) of an older hard drive into a 1 TB >> HD. My question is, what do I need to do to let Lightroom find all my >> photo files? >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Peter >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>