setting up a new catalog

[sailor842]

I am trying to set up a new catalog for my wife's backup HDD and I ran into this problem. (I've done the import 2x already). arrow 2 shows that LR does see the files but says: " no files in the selected folder. arrow 1 shows that they are there. 2 problems; why can't I see them? and the biggest problem for me is how do I move the files down to where arrow 3 is pointing.

My wife does mot believe in keywording and gets very upset when she can't find an image so I'll do it.(gnashing of teeth)

[dj_paige]

Two possibilites:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-displays-same-hard-drive-twice.html 

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/capitalization-catalog-error/ 

[sailor842]

It's not a case of wrong names (I think).

But how do I get them visible & in the same folder.

The above links do not address the problem that I am seeing.

[JohanElzenga]

D: is not a folder, but the disk. It should not show as a folder and could well be the reason of the problem. Try the following (always make a catalog backup first); right-click on the D: folder and choose 'Hide This Parent'. Then restart Lightroom.

[sailor842]

well, that did nothing. 

[JohanElzenga]

Then most likely this is catalog corruption. If you are just setting up this catalog, then it's probably best to start all over again.

[sailor842]

groan, well that's what I'll have to do.

thanks