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Hi-
I imported my catalog into LR Classic, and it appears that about 35,000 photos are "missing". LR clearly knows they exist -- they show in the library but as greyed out icons. I have tried searching for the missing photos on my harddrive to no avail. How do I locate the source of these pictures so that I can point LR into the correct direction to import them?
Thanks!
-Sandra
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See if the article at the link provides the info. Do not reimport this will complicate your problem.
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-photos-missing-fix/
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Lightroom does not know where they are. That's why it indicates the photos are missing. Lightroom may be showing you thumbnails or previews that it built when the photographs were available, which it can do even if the photographs are no longer available.
When you say you did the search, do you mean you used your operating system to search all hard drive(s) for one of these photos by file name? If not, then you should do this now.
What about backups of the photos? Do you have them?
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