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Jammty
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October 4, 2021
Question

Lightroom classic catalog damaged

  • October 4, 2021
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Hello, i have a (i think) a major issue with my (all 2021 photos) .lrcat file, i've trying to repair it but i cant, i just download a backup thats barely works, but i cant export folders to create another catalog, neither can import new photos, like i said, this damn catalogue have all my 2021 photos, the last error message was: "lightroom_fatal_sqlite_corruption", i've try to repair it with sqlite3 tools but it doesn't work. Please somebody help me!

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
October 4, 2021

Try obtaining a fresh new copy of the backup you mentioned, and place it on a different disk and see if it will open and work properly.

 

Where was this backup located? Was it in "the cloud" or was it on a different disk than the original catalog file, or on the same disk as the catalog file?

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JammtyAuthor
Participant
October 4, 2021

It is the only copy that i have, i downloaded it from dropbox, it is working but sudenly shuts down when i try to export folders to catalog, for instance, and when lightroom starts again, and tries to repair it, tells me its damaged

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
October 4, 2021

As I said, download it again and place it on a different disk, and see if it works properly.

 

Although, my understanding of DropBox is that it contains a mirror of the corrupted catalog, so that may not work. However, DropBox does maintain earlier versions of the file which may not be corrupted. You will likely need to find the earlier versions of this file that DropBox maintains, download those, place them on a different disk and see if they work properly.

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