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Heirloom Bob
Heirloom Bob
Inspiring
May 22, 2022
Question

Photos copied to another drive...

  • May 22, 2022
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I have a few thousand images I copied from one drive to another, using Explorer. I plan to then delete the originals, also from Explorer. How do I get Lightroom to "see" the images on the new drive instead of where LR saw them before? Do I have to import?

Am I going about this the right way?

Windows 11 and Lightroom Classic 11.3.1

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
May 23, 2022

Instructions are here https://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm scroll down to "Part 2 -- Updating Folder Location"

 

DO NOT IMPORT! DO NOT IMPORT! DO NOT IMPORT!

Heirloom Bob
Heirloom BobAuthor
Inspiring
May 23, 2022

I am still confused on the process.

 

I have several folders on my BBB drive and all are viewable within Lightroom.

I have used Windows Explorer and copied those several folders to M, to a new folder called Overflow from BBB.

Drive M, when viewed from Windows Explorer, has all the folders and images.

Drive M and the Overflow from BBB appears in my Lightroom folders:

I have NOT deleted the images from BBB, they are still visible from Lightroom.

 

How can I get Lightroom to "see" the contents of M: Over flow from BBB?

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
May 23, 2022

You find the folder in Lightroom Classic in the Folder Panel on the BBB drive (not the one on the M drive) and you Update Folder Location.

KR Seals
Community Expert
KR SealsCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 22, 2022

No, DO NOT REIMPORT!. That would be the worst thing to do. 

Hopefully, you have all the images folders in one master photos folder on the new drive. In the Library module, right click on one of the folders that you have copied to the new drive and select "Update folder location". From there, navigate to the new drive and select that folder. You will have to do this for all the folders you have copied.

It would have been best to move  the folders to the new drive from within the Library module in LrC.

When you have Updated the folder locations to the new drive, triple check everything and then you can delete the folders from the original drive.

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