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Jordi245447836p12
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July 23, 2023
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Catalog corrupt after disk crash

  • July 23, 2023
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Hi,

 

I am running Lightroom Classic on a Mac OS X. Some days ago I had a problem with the disk that was hosting the catalog and the most recent photographs. The disk crashed while lightroom was running.

 

I used a tool to recover the content and succesfully got back all the files. While the photographs (all the original raw files) were succeesfully recovered the catalog appears to be in a corrupt state. The files are present and when I try to open the catalog in the application the message states that it must be repaired. The process completes without any problem, but I cannot see any of the folders that contained the photographs. 

 

If I add manuallly the photograph folders, Lightroom treats them as new imported folders. This way I am loosing all the modifications that were contained in the catalogue.

 

The catalog contains all the files (more than 19Gb) but it seems that it has forgoten everything. Is there any way of recovering the work done?

 

Thanks

 

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F. McLion
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F. McLionCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 23, 2023

Maybe it's best to restore the latest backup.

Do you see any folder at all? Do you see any information in the catalog?

Important, as you already figured yourself: Do NOT re-import.

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    Jordi245447836p12Author
    Participant
    July 23, 2023

    Hi,

    Thanks for your answer.

    In the latest backup I do not have the recent work (yes, I know...). 

    In the recovered catalog I can see all the files (previews, lrdata, CURRENT, MANIFEST...) but something seems to be wrong with all of it. Recovering process gives no error, but it seems unable to recover the data. I see some references to collections I created, so I would say that the info is there. Main problem looks like it is not capable of seeing the folders that contained the photographs. 

    Other times I had problems, when recovering data, the catalog would ask for the actual location of a folder it can not locate. But this time it is not searching for it.

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
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    July 23, 2023

    Main problem looks like it is not capable of seeing the folders that contained the photographs.

     

    What does this mean? Show us a screen capture. Use the "Insert Photos" icon; do NOT attach files.

     

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