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CedricCicada
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November 11, 2020
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LightRoom import suddenly slow

  • November 11, 2020
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Importing pictures into Lightroom Classic has suddenly become horribly slow!  Several minutes per photo!  Actually, in the case of my current import of less than ten photos, it is officially frozen.  Task manager shows Lightroom is using 35% of my CPU and 1.4 gigabytes of memory.  I download photos from my camera before using LightRoom onto an external hard drive.  When importing, I select "Copy" to copy the files into a separate folder named "Lightroom Masters" on the same external hard drive.  I am on Windows 10 machine with 16 GB of RAM.  What can I do?  

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CedricCicadaAuthor
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November 11, 2020

I thought of trying a different drive, so I tried to copy the files to my internal drive.  The mere act of copying froze Explorer.  The problem was a horribly corrupted folder.

dj_paige
dj_paige
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November 11, 2020

Bad card reader or bad cable/USB port.

KR Seals
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KR SealsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 11, 2020

What version of Lightroom Classic are you using?

 

Try a different drive first, even the internal one. This sounds like the drive is failing or the connecting cable is bad. Assuming your external drive is connected to a USB port, is it USB 3 (blue connectors)? The USB port could be going bad. Try another port. If you happen to be going through a USB hub, connect the drive directly to a USB port on the computer.

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