how to reconnect images to catalogue in Lightroom which have ben retrieved

[Jez Giddings]

I had 50,000 images retrieved from a faulty hardrive containing my lightroom catalogue. The file names of the retrieved images have chaged. Is it possible to re-link them to my retrieved LR catalogue??? I can't see away of doing this. Mnay thanks - Jez

[Axel Matt]

Please take a look here: Lightroom thinks my photos are missing—how do I fix it? | The Lightroom Queen

[dj_paige]

If the file names have changed, you'd have to either

1. somehow change them back to their original names (maybe ExifTool can do that?); OR
2. reconnect the photos one-by-one

[Jez Giddings]

Thank you - I will see if ExifTool can find the original name before the files were retrieved? Fingers crossed

Jez