How to move all original files from 1 collection to new folder keeping the folder structure in tact

Question

I have 5 different hard drives with my original images in a folder structure by year, month dan day.

My collections are set up by subject, but when I travel I want to work in my collections and order prints for which I need the original files, but this means I have to bring all 5 hard drives. I know I can export a collection as a catalogue, but this does not help me, because I like to work in only 1 LR catalogue on not have to switch to work on those originals.

Is there a way to move all my original files from 1 collection on to 1 hard drive, without loosing the original folder structure by date?

dj_paige · Answer

You can move the photos entirely within Lightroom Classic to whatever drive you want them to be on. Select them in the Collections (or select the entire collection with Ctrl-A) and then drag them into whatever folder in the Library Module Folder Panel you want them to be in, on whatever disk you want them to be in. You will receive an ominous warning about how this cannot be undone, but you should click on Move anyway (and the warning isn't really as ominous as it sounds).

Please try this first with a small and meaningless collection (take two photos of the inside of your refrigerator, put them in a Collection) to make sure you are doing it right.

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