Corrupt lightroom classic catalog

Question

My lightroom classic crashed. I restarted my computer and when it opened back up it said my catlog was corrupt and I can not get it to open. So I followed online advice to move it out of the folder and then create a new one, but now all of my existing work is gone.

Rob_Cullen · Accepted Answer

Any new catalog you create will be empty!. (Not the way to restore)

You need to locate a previous backup ZIP file of the catalog, extract the catalog file (.LRCAT) from the ZIP, and copy it to the folder location where your catalog normally resides. As described in this link- Catalog Backup Restore

You will not have data you have entered since that backup catalog was last saved, so will require some work to import and get the catalog up-to-date.

Frequent catalog backups are essential for this ‘corrupt’ scenario.

JohanElzenga · Answer

​@Rikk Flohr_PhotographyPlease move this thread to the correct forum.

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