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stevend43408324
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September 5, 2018
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Moving my catalog from my c drive to my d drive

  • September 5, 2018
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[Moderator moved from Adobe Creative Cloud to Lightroom Classic CC — The desktop-focused app.]

Hey everyone. I want to move my main lightroom classic cc catalog from my pc's c drive to it's d drive, as I am running out of space. I keep all of my raws on separate external hard drives. Can someone please explain how to do this without any hiccups, I am a wedding photographer in the height of busy season so can't afford to mess it up.

Thanks for your help, Steve

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    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    September 5, 2018

    Create a brand new empty folder on the D drive where you want the catalog file to live. Then, you use your operating system to copy the .LRCAT file from the C drive to that new folder on the D drive. Then you double-click on the catalog file on the D Drive to open it in Lightroom. (And once you are sure that has worked properly, delete the .LRCAT file and associated previews on the C drive)

    photo7734
    photo7734
    Known Participant
    April 16, 2019

    I would like to expand this question.

    The same "Lightroom" folder which contains the 3 .lrcat files, contains 4 additional folders. Lightroom Catalog Helper, Lightroom Catalog Previews, Lightroom Settings, and Backups. I would like to move the entire "Lightroom" folder and its contents off of my C: drive permanently. Can I copy the entire "Lightroom" folder to my D: drive and when I double-click on .lrcat file will all of this additional data start being stored and properly accessed there?

    If not can that be accomplished with further steps?

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    April 16, 2019

    some comments:

    Backup should NEVER be on the same disk as the originals. Why? If the disk with both your backup catalog and working catalog crashes, now you have ZERO copies of your catalog, and I'm guessing you won't be happy.

    Moving all of this stuff: why? What benefit are you expecting?

    Typically, the answer to your question is: YES, if you move all of it and then double-click on the .LRCAT file, everything will work.

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