Lightroom Classic back up files - Restore

[BBuzan549]

Hi, I accidentally deleted a folder of raw files and was wondering if there was any way I could retrieve these files from Lightroom Classic backup files. 

[Rob_Cullen]

A Catalog backup only contains a version of the catalog, and that only can build previews from the original camera files. (Do not try to restore a catalog from backups).

Check your Windows re-cycle bin to see if you can restore the original raw files.

Copy the raw files from a system backup if available. You do have them -don't you?

If you do not have the raw files anywhere in your system, your only hope is to create small JPG files from the Previews you see in the current catalog.  A Plugin can do that, but the size of the JPGs will depend on the size of the Previews that exist in the current catalog.

Extract JPGs from Previews Plugin

[BBuzan549]

Rob_Cullen Thanks for your reply! I don't have the raw files anywhere. I have a cloud backup but, these files were not backed up yet. I do have jpegs of the files, so it's not that big of a deal. I'll just have to be more careful in the future. Thanks again. Also, I just noticed my name is wrong. I'm not Jovial_JourneyB831. The picture is correct but, I am Bradley Buzan. I don't know how that happened.

[Rob_Cullen]

"I'm not Jovial_JourneyB831."-  I had my name changed once in the past .

Click your avatar icon top right of screen and [Edit Community Profile]- You should be able to change your 'Screen Name' there.