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February 27, 2023
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Can i use SD Card data to restore originals in Elements 7?

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Correct answer Greg_S.

Are you still able to access your Elements 7 catalog. If so, I assume that the photos lost on your hard drive appear as missing. In that case, you should copy the SD card originals to your replacement drive.
In the ideal case, you can replicate the path of the original photos to the new drive, including the same drive letter and folder structure. Hopefully, that will solve the problem. Otherwise, you will need to link the missing files to the new location.

Try a test with one card and see what happens.

Greg_S.

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It looks like Find>All Missing Files was added in version 12. So, I don't think there is an easy way to find missing files in version 7 other than by manually looking for a question mark icon.

Greg_S.

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@Jim28618690ppdu said: I now need to delete all the unfound/edited thumb nails from my catalog. I cant figure out how to do that??

Select Find>All Missing Files from the menu and all of the missing files will be displayed in the grid. Select the thumbnails (press Ctrl+A to select all of them) and delete them.

Now, do I really have to tell you that it is time to backup your catalog and photos or will that be rubbing salt into the wound? 😉

J

Jim28618690ppduAuthor

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Already did a full backup last night! At least i had all my originals.

i do not see the Find>All Missing Files from the menu

i'm using elements 7

Greg_S.

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Are you still able to access your Elements 7 catalog. If so, I assume that the photos lost on your hard drive appear as missing. In that case, you should copy the SD card originals to your replacement drive.
In the ideal case, you can replicate the path of the original photos to the new drive, including the same drive letter and folder structure. Hopefully, that will solve the problem. Otherwise, you will need to link the missing files to the new location.

Try a test with one card and see what happens.

J

Jim28618690ppduAuthor

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Thanks! I got all my original files back from my SD cards. I did however lose some of my edited files. I now need to delete all the unfound/edited thumb nails from my catalog. I cant figure out how to do that?? i somehow also created a bunch of duplicate thumb nails that are " ?not found".

Greg_S.

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Hi Jim. Can you please explain your question in more detail.

J

Jim28618690ppduAuthor

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so, i lost half my photos due to a HD failure ( the last backup was a long time ago) however, i do have all my original SD cards and I'm thinking i can at least get my originals back. not sure if this will create duplicates, or if my catalog will recognize the image files and reconnect to my catalog.....

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