catalog copy from external drive - no previews shown....

Question

hii copied my lightroom catalogue to an expernal encrypted usb-drive. I can’t open it directly on the external drive (because it is read-only) so i copied it on my notebook (windows).When i open it in Lightroom it updates the catalog (which works fine) and then opens it …. unfortunately not a single preview is shown although i also copied those files with the catalogue(yes, i did not take all original photos with me as i intended to do most work in the catalogue section (where the previews would be enough to have).can i somehow get those previews to be shown in the catalogue?

dj_paige · Accepted Answer

@philllie1These are not Smart Previews. You will be unable to view your images in LrC without either the original files or Smart Previews.

dj_paige · Answer

Are there question mark icons on the folders in the Lightroom Classic Folder Panel? Are there exclamation point icons on the photos in the Lightroom Classic Library Module?

If NO to both questions, then see

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