Importing files question

[Trains1985]

I'm a beginniner at LC.

For years I've been archiving my photos on external hard drives.

Is it possible to replicate one's file structure in LC as their photos were in a backup hardrive, without the need to build it from scratch?

Sand Patch

[Jill_C]

Yes, but before you start I suggest taking a class, such as Ben Willmore's Bootcamp on Creative Live, to learn what the options are. Before I created my Lightroom Classic Catalog I also had my images scattered across multiple external hard drives. I bought two 5 TB external drives, and started importing into the LRC catalog year by year. Then I backed up everything to the 2nd external drive. 

[Ian Lyons · Accepted solution]

Yes, use the 'Add' option in LrC import window. This options leaves the files in their current location and your existing folder structure is also maintained.