"Disk not Ejected Properly" - while I'm working in LR!!?

[raphaels28255986]

Hi guys,

"Disk not Ejected Properly" - while I'm working in LR and not touching or moving anything.

I've been getting that message regularly in the past week. Immediately followed by "LR encountered an error while reading a catalog file and needs to quit". Sometimes when I re-open, the same things happens over and over again. One thing I'm sure of is that so long as LR is open it will happen; it's just a matter of time.

I have the latest Catalina OS.

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot.

[GoldingD · Accepted solution]

Do you have an external hard drive that is failing?

[raphaels28255986]

Is that what you think? It's relatively new.

[raphaels28255986]

It turns out from people I spoke with that it's either the connecting USB cable or the drive itself.

Which makes sense. I'll contact Western Digital. The warranty on the drive runs till '20.

[raphaels28255986]

So yes, it's the drive. Western Digital is sending me a new one. 

Thank you David for putting your finger on it.