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Jan 24, 2025 12:45 PM UTC
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Lightroom 14.1.1 Not Reading External Hard Drive

I'm running Lightroom 14.1.1 and about a week ago it stopped reading one of my external hard drives. Nothing about the drive or its location has changed, and when I looked for a missing photo from the drive, the previous location is exactly the same as the current location (drive/folder/photo).  Any help is  appreciated.

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GoldingD
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Jan 24, 2025 10:48 PM UTC
  1. Make sure that the external drive is not allowed to go asleep.
  2. Make sure that the external drive has a drive letter permanently assigned
  3. If the external drive went asleep, make sure it has the drive letter that it previously had (line above would keep that correct)

 

 

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JohanElzenga
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Jan 24, 2025 1:46 PM UTC

Please post a screenshot of your folder panel. Embed the screenshot using this icon, do not attach it.

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Jan 24, 2025 11:57 PM UTC

 

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GoldingD
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Jan 25, 2025 1:39 AM UTC