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Catalog Backup Error Due to Insufficient Disk Space

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November 28, 2024
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My Lightroom is set to back up the catalog once a week. Yesterday, when closing the program, I encountered this error stating that there isn’t enough disk space to complete the backup.

Note: The backup is saved to a folder on the C drive, which has over 350GB of free space. The last backup was successfully completed on November 19.

Today, when closing the program, the same error appeared again, stating there isn’t enough space. I tried changing the backup location to other drives, but the same error persists.

Can anyone help me?

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Correct answer Ivny Coura

This is what worked for me:

File > Optimize Catalog
After that I didn't have the same problem with backup.

Ivny CouraAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

This is what worked for me:

File > Optimize Catalog
After that I didn't have the same problem with backup.

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dj_paige

Brainiac

If you are making a backup to the same drive as where the working catalog is stored, DO NOT DO THIS. Backups MUST (it is mandatory, not optional) be on a different physical disk than the original.

Ivny CouraAuthor

Inspiring

It's a paid cloud, my friend.

AxelMatt

Community Expert

It's a paid cloud, my friend.

By @Ivny Coura

Even if you use a paid cloud, you should make a backup and not just rely on the provider. If you don't have your own backup, things can get bad. You may even risk losing your entire data!!

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

This is a known issue, caused by catalog corruption. What usually works is the following: create a new catalog and then choose 'File - Import from Another Catalog'. Import your old catalog. Import all images, but do not move them. This will create an exact copy of your old catalog, without the corruption. The only thing that will not come across are publishing services. If you use these, then you'll have to recreate them. Check that this new catalog does backup, and if all is well, keep using this one and trash the old catalog.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

Ivny CouraAuthor

Inspiring

" Import your old catalog."
Do I have to import the old catalog or the NEW copy I made of the old catalog? Just to be sure.

AxelMatt

Community Expert

... or the NEW copy I made of the old catalog? Just to be sure.

By @Ivny Coura

@JohanElzenga wrote you have to create a complete NEW catalog. Do'nt make a copy of the old one, because you copy the error with.

Hold the Ctrl-Key while starting LrC. This opens a catalog selection dialog.

To create a new one by clicking on "Create a New Catalog...".

Then import the content of the your OLD catalog to the NEW one.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo

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