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brianh15208525
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September 14, 2017
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Partial restore from backup - is it possible?

  • September 14, 2017
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I am going through my LR5 in preparation to upgrade to LR6.  I find there is a folder which according to the content of the hard drive once had 6,000 photos in the catalogue and about 6-700 were processed.  That folder in LR5 now has only 11 images.  When I research restoring from backup the impression I get is that my current catalogue will be replaced in entirety which I think will remove all work done since the date of that backup,  Is there a way I can restore the relevant part of the catalogue pertaining to that single folder?

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    Correct answer Rob_Cullen

    Victoria Bamptom provides a full article on this topic here-

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/partial-restore-backup-catalog/

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    brianh15208525
    brianh15208525Author
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    September 17, 2017

    Thanks guys especially to wobertc for the link to Victoria Bampton's solution.  Unfortunately i cannot find a backup that contains the missing work - I deleted all backups preceeding 2016.  So I must move forward and not spend time on what is now a lost cause without a lot of repeated work; and I do have the JPGs and TIFs from that earlier work so all is not lost.

    I have bookmarked the link wobertc gave me - just in case!

    Appreciate your help

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    September 15, 2017

    Victoria Bamptom provides a full article on this topic here-

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/partial-restore-backup-catalog/

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
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    September 14, 2017

    Backups are the complete situation of you Lr database at a specific moment. So when you uncompress your backup to a new location, you will get a "new" catalog. Open this catalog with lightroom and export what you need to a really new catalog. Now open the stanard catalog and import your exported catalog.

    If this description is to compact, then I will do a step by step instruction when I have access to my computer.

    Let me know if you need that.

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
    dj_paige
    dj_paige
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    September 14, 2017

    Open the backup catalog in Lightroom. Select the desired photos. Then use the menu command File->Export as Catalog, give this exported catalog a name (do not check Include Negatives) and click OK.

    Then, open the current catalog in Lightroom. Use the menu command File->Import from Another Catalog and select the catalog you just exported.

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