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angelae98952044
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December 6, 2016
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Lost original photos, can I still extract from the preview?

  • December 6, 2016
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My photos were on an external hard drive and that hard drive is now damaged (trying to recover through a data recovery service) but if that doesn't work is there any other way to still access the photos? Seeing them in preview is like a tease. I was editing a wedding and it's so important. Please help!

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    Correct answer dj_paige

    You can access the previews, these are smaller size images, probably not suitable for weddings, but I guess that's really up to you. Use this plug-in: Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » Jeffrey’s “Extract Cached Image Previews” Lightroom Plugin

    Get in the habit of making regular and automated backups of all of your photos and catalog file, to a different physical disk than the original. No excuses! It's a lot cheaper than using a data recover service -- faster too.

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    Participant
    April 7, 2019

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You literally saved my life!!! I had 1 job that didn't get back up on my other external drive before it crashed and I was able to save the previews to save my life!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

    dj_paige
    dj_paigeCorrect answer
    Legend
    December 6, 2016

    You can access the previews, these are smaller size images, probably not suitable for weddings, but I guess that's really up to you. Use this plug-in: Jeffrey Friedl's Blog » Jeffrey’s “Extract Cached Image Previews” Lightroom Plugin

    Get in the habit of making regular and automated backups of all of your photos and catalog file, to a different physical disk than the original. No excuses! It's a lot cheaper than using a data recover service -- faster too.

    angelae98952044
    Participant
    January 2, 2017

    Hello! I just sent you a private message.

    dj_paige
    Legend
    January 2, 2017

    Any discussion of this problem should go in this public forum so that everyone can benefit, and not in a private message.