Consolidating photo drives with virtual files

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December 29, 2016
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I want to consolidate several smaller drives in one new 8 TB drive. All the smaller files are catalogued in Lightroom. Is there any way I can move those images to the new drive without losing the virtual files?

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elie_dinur

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The Virtual Copies will always go together with the master rendering to the new catalog. Just as the master is nothing more than lines of text in the catalog database recording the preferred edit, so each VC is nothing more than a few more lines recording an alternate rendering.

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Bill Sprague

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Someone smarter may have a better suggestion.

But, if it were me, I would consider creating an new catalog on the new drive. Then I would use the Import From Catalog choice. The procedure is commonly documented by or for people taking a small laptop on a trip and returning to home/office and wanting to move the work from the laptop to the primary computer.

It might be slow if you have a lot of files.

dj_paige

Legend

dj_paige wrote:
Do not create a new catalog, there is no need to do this. The existing catalog can be used.

My read of the OP was that the existing multiple drives each had a separate catalog. I was "seeing" three or four catalogs and a desire to combine to one catalog on one new drive. Perhaps I didn't read well!

Actually, the OP isn't clear on this at all. He said:

All the smaller files are catalogued in Lightroom.

Implying the bigger files (???) are not cataloged? Not clear at all ...

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