Moving Folders to a new hard drive

[jaym75353538]

I have several 1 to 2 terabyte external hard drives.  I want to consolidate them all on a large 8 to 10 terabyte drive.  How  Can I do so that my bridge collections will still be intact and have all my files in them ?  Thank You

[Stephen Marsh · Accepted solution]

It will very much depend on how you file the old drives content on the new drive.

All the basic info that you need should be in these topics (however the devil is in the detail):

Re: Transfering Collections

Re: How to transform collections into "real" windows files?

Re: How to add to an existing collection

P.S. I am happy to help if this is not as clear and simple to you as I make it out to be! :]

[Lumigraphics]

A collection is just a text file. If you use Bridge to move files, the Collection is automatically updated with the new file location.

[Stephen Marsh]

If you use Bridge to move files, the Collection is automatically updated with the new file location.

Nice tip, I have never tried that!

[Norman Sanders]

A gentle suggestion: Think twice about putting all your eggs in one basket.