Hello, I have problems to download my pictures from another catalogue. If I download an album most of the pictures are corrupted and it looks like a collection of small squares when I open a picture. Please help?

[arthurv68548068]

I have problems to download pictures from my back-up catalogue. When I download them, all the pictures are corrupted. They looks like a collections of squares. We are talking about 28000 pictures. The picture frame shows on upper right corner an exclamation mark.

Further on all the files are marked with a question mark.  What can I do?

[kglad · Accepted solution]

is this a lightroom question?  and what version of whatever program?

[arthurv68548068]

There is a problem. When I download my pictures (Lightroom 6, version 6.8) from an external harddisk (import from a another catalogue, all my pictures are corrupted. In the frame there are exclamation marks and in the imported maps they are marked with a question mark (?). The system lost there connection with the original files. It means that I have to look to all my 28847 pictures and reconnect the files. Is there a quicker solution? I hope so, it is a hell of a job!! Please HELP

[kglad]

[moved from Downloading, Installing, Setting Up to Photoshop Lightroom]

[dj_paige]

all the pictures are corrupted. They looks like a collections of squares.

Show us a screen capture of this.

[arthurv68548068]

It is Lightroom 6.8 version

[dj_paige]

I am not seeing corruption. Am I missing something?

I do see the exclamation point, this document explains how to fix the exclamation point: Adobe Lightroom - Find moved or missing files and folders