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Mark22647584klk2
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January 14, 2022
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Problem with Restoring a Catalogue

  • January 14, 2022
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I am trying to restore a backup catalogue on a single flash drive to PSE13. The flash drive contains an original full backup and two later incremental backups. Despite selecting Restore from Hard Drive/Other Volume, PSE prompts that 3 disks will be required. There are no other on screen instructions. And when I restore, only the most recent incremental backup is restored. What am I doing wrong?

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MichelBParis
MichelBParis
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January 14, 2022
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I am trying to restore a backup catalogue on a single flash drive to PSE13.


By @Mark22647584klk2

That's not clear: do you mean you have a 'backup FOLDER' resulting from an organizer full backup?

Is that folder (containing both the catalog databases AND copies of all your photo files) on a flash drive or do you want to restore it to the flash drive? Restoring to PSE13 does not mean anything since PSE13 (the catalog) does not contain photo files, only links to their locations.

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The flash drive contains an original full backup and two later incremental backups.


By @Mark22647584klk2

Flash drives are small and nobody uses them to store photo files or as a support for backups. What is the size of your flash drive and the size of your photo folder trees? Or do you mean you have an external USB drive instead of a USB stick?

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Mark22647584klk2Author
New Participant
January 14, 2022
Michel, Thanks for the response.

To clarify, I used a 64 GB external flash drive to back up my files (photos, keyword tags, etc.) from PSE13. I have only one catalogue. The size of the backup is about 49 GB. As I indicated, over time, I did an initial full backup and later two incremental backups. My computer crashed so I had to get a new one. Installed PSE13 and tried to restore from the flash drive and encountered the problem described. In looking at the flash drive, it contains JPG files (looks like all of my photos) and XML files (assume these are metadata and keyword tags). Hopefully, this describes the problem more clearly. Note that I am not a computer whiz, I just followed the PSE13 directions for backing up my work and restoring.
MichelBParis
MichelBParis
Brainiac
January 14, 2022

@Mark22647584klk2 

Thanks for the detailed description.

So, you have a very small catalog, which explains you can store the backups on a single card. The expected way  to store backups is to use external drives and not cards or USB sticks. Those can seem to work the same but I have seen other unexpected issues especially with backups and restore. I should take the time to simulate your workflow to verify. In the meantime, I suggest that you copy the backup folders on your card inside a new folder on your new computer.

Try again the restore process from your internal drive, following exactly the instructions to restore to the original location on your internal drive. Restoring from incremental backups may be complicated, try at least to restore the original full backup.

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