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Linking Lightroom Catalog to RAW files in new location after a drive corruption.

New Here ,
May 07, 2025 May 07, 2025

I keep my Lightroom catalogs and RAW files on external drives. I then export a version of the catalog with smart previews to my editor so she can finish the edits I start. 

In the interim of waiting on her edits to come back, my drive has malfunctioned/ died. I have an exact replica of the drive (thanks to carbon copy cloner). When I download the edited Lightroom catalog from my editor of smart previews, how do I link this with the new RAW files source folder on the replica drive?! Is this possible? 

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Mentor ,
May 07, 2025 May 07, 2025

CCC must mean you are on a Mac of some kind. Hopefully the backup drive is an EXACT copy of the original.

With the backup drive connected to the computer, In the Library, drive and folders list where the missing drive is shown, Click on Find Missing Folder, then point that to the identical folder on the backup drive. This procedure is based on the premise that your photo folders are all under one master "Photos" folder.

 

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May 07, 2025 May 07, 2025
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see here: Adobe Lightroom - Find moved or missing files and folders

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 24H2 -- LR-Classic 14 - Photoshop 26 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz PhotoAI 4
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