Totally Confused! Help choosing/migrating please

[debismail27]

First history-----  A while ago I purchased a  Win 7 computer with LR 2015.8 installed on the c: drive.  I then added a bunch of presets, brushes, etc.  I have a few terabytes of pictures on a seperate D: drive in one catalog.

Present---- Upgrading to a new (Win 10) computer.  Downloaded a trial version of LR, I plan on purchasing the photographers plan.

- The LR I downloaded is version 1.3.   Should I have somehow found version 2015.8?

- What is the best way to add all my presets/brushes?

- Big question - How do I get the other thousands of pictures into this version of LR?  They are all on a single 4tb disk that I plan on installing in the new computer, with  the same drfive letter as it was in the old computer.

So in essence I have a new computer running win 10 instead of 7, I need to download/install/purchase LR for it, compatible with 2015.8 I am ujsing.  I have all my pictures on  a D: drive ready to install.

Do I just add the D: drive and double click the catalog?

Sorry for thr newbie questions, I am confused!!

[debismail27]

OK, I figured part of this out.  I uninstalled LR C C  and installed LR classic, now it looks familiar.  I then copied my 'develop presets' folder from the old to new computer.

Is there anything else I should move?

Then should I install the drive with all the pictures on it and try to start the catalog?

Or am I missing something?

[Jao vdL · Accepted solution]

>Is there anything else I should move?

You should move the catalog file from your old computer as well as connect the d: drive. If the catalog is on your D: drive than all you need to do is move your presets to the new computer, hook up the D: drive and double click the catalog file which should open Lightroom Classic and should start an upgrade of the catalog file.

[debismail27]

Thank you.  That's what I was hoping the answer was.

Once I realized my mistake of loading LR CC instead of Classic I re-opened this thread on the classic side.

[Jao vdL]

You are far from the first one to make that mistake. The naming of the new version and the new cloud app is extremely confusing.

[debismail27]

Yes it is, I have to say pretty stupid of Adobe.  My husband was a software developer, he doesn't understand at all why they have 2 totally different looking packages doing the same thing too, they could have been combined and saved Adobe future support costs.

Thanks for your help.

[henry_j_m52298567]

I am now really confused.  PLEASE HELP!!!!!

[Jim Wilde]

What specifically are you confused about? What do you want help with?