h: drive Vs G: drive

[jaspermontgomery]

So i’m Using LR 5.7 Win 10 pn PC and Laptop.  On my 27 in Dell pc, i’m using an external drive which holds the LR catalog.  The drive shows up as H: drive.  If I plug in the same drive into my Laptop, the drive shows up as G: drive.  When I start LR only laptop, I get the message that it cannot find the folder....

is is there an easy way to point the catalog to the G: drive to let LR on my laptop know it is located on the drive called G:?

i have over 200 folders and I don’t want to locate “each” one....hopefully I can just “re-point” to the G: drive.

thank you

sal

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[GoldingD]

A fix, to make the laptop OS reassign the drive letter to H exists, I am not currently on a PC, so this would come from old gray cells. following might lead you astray.

oh, heck, or I could simply provide a link:

Change a drive letter | Microsoft Docs

Now that being said, I assume you are starting LR by clicking on its icon, LR by default try’s to open the catalog last worked on, apparently it is not present, and you get an error, Now I would of thought LR would offer you to select another catalog, did it not inquire?

workaround, do not start LR via the icon, instead in windows file explorer double click on the catalog.

[rsearlenz]

Reallocate your drive on the laptop to be g: drive using the windpws os (disk management)

[Rob_Cullen]

Yes, as suggested above- Assign a permanent name and drive letter to the external drive.

Use a Drive letter that is well down the alphabet eg.   P (for Photographs) or X, Y, Z, etc.

Then when you plug the drive into any computer it will be the same Drive letter.

Details here-

Lightroom loses photo location after connecting removable devices

[jaspermontgomery]

Did all that was suggested.....started LR from the catalog rather than the icon....also tried the icon....

The drive letter did change from G: to H: but still can’t find the folders.....this has got

to be one of the BIGGEST weaknesses of LR....VERY, VERY frustrating to say the least!

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[GoldingD]

1 of 2 How about a screenshot, interested in what is displayed in the folders panel. Make sure that the parent folder that the catalog is in is displayed, make sure any folders images are supposed to be in are displayed.

[Abambo]

What folders can’t be found? Where are your pictures located? On the mobile device?

[GoldingD]

2 of 2. Please post your folder structure, tell us where the catalog should be

something Like

catalog in H:\Pictures\mycatalog.lrcat

images in. H:\Pictures\images\2018 etc

hmm, you could probably take a screenshot of your directory structure as #hown in Windows file explorer

[Scott Masterton]

can you not just right click on the top level of the missing folders and then choose find missing folder... don't have lightroom in front of me just now

[jaspermontgomery]

No....I have over a hundred folders “by date that I shoot”....I WANT TO POINT TO THE DRIVE (that was H: on PC and now shows as G: on laptop) I don’t want to have to find each individual folder....

I’ll tell ya, Capture 1 is looking that much better right now...

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[KR Seals]

If all of your photo folders are under one main photo folder like "My Pictures" or "Jaspers Photos", all you have to do is use the LR find missing folder function and they will all be there for LR to see again. If your photo folders are scattered around on the drive, then the job will be more complicated.

[Abambo]

Changing the drive character is a Windows feature not a feature of Lightroom. Capture1 would have the same problem. Change your drive character back using the corresponding Windows tools to its origins and all is OK.

[Scott Masterton]

In that case you need to do as previously suggested, sorry if you know this already but right click on start menu and choose disk management on either computer, it doesn't matter which and find your drive and right click on it and chose to Change Drive Letter and Paths and then assign it the drive letter that you want. Personally I assign P (for pictures/photos) to the drive on both computers.

[GoldingD]

How about that frigging screenshot of your folders panel? Pictures are worth a lot more than words.

[GoldingD]

I use an EHD all the time on the road with my MAC Book, then attach it to my workstation when I get home. Now that’s two different OS and two very different drive determinations, with no problem at all.

Also, I keep my catalogs not currently being worked on in F drive (internal HD, not, very quick, F for file), and copy them to my W drive when  I want to work on them ( internal SSD, W for work), and normally no problem, occasionally, with very old catalogs, I might see two drives in folders (easily mitigated) (Locate column if I remember correctly, be careful with that)

so, I move catalogs all over the place, and I do not have your problem.

[GoldingD]

Hmm, should have remembered.

have you checked the OS permissions on the hard drive ?

[jaspermontgomery]

Hope you can see the laptop screenshot...everything is in the G: drive (DNG

Converted) but on the PC, it is the H: drive...

does this help?

thanks

sal

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[GoldingD]

Not, visible, should be pasred into your reply, not sent as an attachment in mail (if that’s what you did)

[jaspermontgomery]

I did Windows+prtscrn and then pasted it into the reply.....wrong?

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[ManiacJoe]

Attachments and screen shots cannot be uploaded by email.

You need to log into the forums website to do the uploads from there.

[jaspermontgomery]

I have no problem changing the drive letter from G: to H: (via disk management) but even though it shows up on the Laptop as H:, still can’t find the folders....

I’m now in Boston for a few weeks with my laptop and my PC is back in Florida....

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[ManiacJoe]

In LR, does the Folder panel correctly show the folder hierarchy?

If not, do a right-click "show parent folder" as needed.

[rsearlenz]

You will have to assign the drive letter on all computers that you are using it is not stored on the EHD

[Rob_Cullen]

rsearlenz  wrote

You will have to assign the drive letter on all computers that you are using it is not stored on the EHD

Not correct. (TBMK)

The link given in Post#3 above explains-

"Assigned drives retain their letters provided you do not run out of drive letters, or assign multiple drives to the same letter (this occurs rarely). "

So if you assign an External Drive (not usb sticks, etc)  with the letter P, it will appear as P  on any computer.

If you have several external devices connected  E: F: G: H: etc, then it is highly likely that they will change letter in the order they were  connected, unless you assign a letter lower down in the alphabet. M: N: O: P: etc.