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1. Re: Crashed Drive
1 person found this helpfulBig mistake.
Look here for the steps to find missing folder and files.
How to find missing photos in Photoshop Lightroom
Lightroom thinks my photos are missing—how do I fix it? | The Lightroom Queen
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2. Re: Crashed Drive
1 person found this helpfulDelete from your LR catalog (but not from the hard disk) the newly imported versions of your photos. This was (as stated above) a big mistake. IMPORTANT CONCEPT: Never import photos a 2nd time. That's NEVER as in NEVER in a million years, not once, NEVER.
You could just change the drive letters in Windows back to what they were previously, that ought to fix the problem. It's the simplest solution.
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3. Re: Crashed Drive
Now I've lost the catalogue on "D"
Explorer says they're there LR says they're not
LR says there are 24000 on F (My main back up)
LR says there are 2000 on G (the one in the dock)
It's not much point in saying "Never" because I've probably done it.
The photos are there - probably 3 times - but LR needs to be overhauled - probably re-instated but I'd rather not if there is an alternative
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4. Re: Crashed Drive
Find the catalog. Open it in Lightroom. Follow the instructions given above by Just Shoot Me
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5. Re: Crashed Drive
1 shows LR
2 shows Explorer for D Drive
3 shows the LR when I ask for missing folders
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6. Re: Crashed Drive
Are the F: drive photos the ones you have imported?
You need to find the catalog file from before the drive crash
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7. Re: Crashed Drive
The F Drive is the new drive I wanted as a back up. Tbh, I’ve done so many things I can’t remember whether I’ve catalogued it or not – presumably I have. Would it help to remove the F and the G catalogues
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8. Re: Crashed Drive
you need to manually assign drive letters to your external drive so those letters never change.
Google "Assign drive letters to external drives in Windows" for a bunch of links on how to do this.
Once you do that no matter when the drives are connected they will always get the same drive letter.
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9. Re: Crashed Drive
The F Drive is the new drive I wanted as a back up.
I'm not sure this answers my question. I asked "Are the F: drive photos the ones you have imported?" Please answer yes or no.
Also, you haven't mentioned "back up" before in this thread, it's not clear to me what the relevance of "back up" is with respect to the problem you are describing.
Do you have the catalog file from before the crash? If not, can you try to find it?
