Lightroom catalog info

I created a new catalog and for some reason got it on my D drive on the computer. I would prefer it being on C drive with the backups going on to the D drive but I have no idea or even if it is possible to move the entire catalog over to a different disc. If possible I certainly would appreciate some help on how to do it.
Thanks
issawindy

Copy the Lightroom folder and its contents from drive D to wherever you want it to placed on drive C. Next, open the copied folder and double click on the Lightroom.lrcat file to launch Lightroom. This last step forces LIghtroom to open the copy catalog rather than the original. Once you're satisfied that everything is working correctly you can delete the original

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Imported half, but had errors importing rest.
Corrupt catalog?
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Peter

Thanks dj_paige.
I installed a plugin, coincidence makes me thinks this might have cause a LR4.4 crash.
After rebooting my windows 7 laptop, LR had lost record of half my directories on the external drive, as seen in Library Module.
In Windows Explorer, the folders and images are still there.
I tried recovering the lost folder references in LR by doing an import on the external hard drive again.
It took about a half hour to run.
There was a report screen at the end of the process that said that LR was unable to import something like 1500 images.
I did not save the report screen. Maybe it is part of a log file somewhere to give you what it exactly said?
I do not profess to understand how catalogues work under the covers.
I only use one catalog at this point.
My guess is at this point I should de-commission the catalog (whatever it takes to do that - delete it, etc.) and just do a new, fresh import on my images.
I don't feel I lose anthing this way - I can't see where I would lose anything important. About 5-10% of the RAW images were processed and exported to jpg, just for web use for casual viewing. The jpg's are all still on the external hard drive.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Cheers,
Peter

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I have a new Mac Pro computer and have migrated my files from my older computer to the new computer. In trying to open a Lightroom catalog on an external hard drive I keep on getting the message "lightroom cannot use the catalog named " " because it is not writable and cannot be opened. I have fixed all the "permissions" and yet it will still not open. How do I fix this?

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I figured it out. You have to select the actual logo of the Lightroom catalog and then click on "get info" and allow what ever your new user name to "read and write". That worked!
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Hey guys, a few quick LR questions...
1. Can a Lightroom catalog see folder structure? (If for example, I asked it to reference files already on my hard drive, could I see the folder structure that existed, and navigate to it from within the program?)
2. Would those files remain accessible via Finder?
3. If I ADDED a photo to the folder via the finder, could I update the catalog so Lightroom knew it was there?
4. If I Moved/Deleted a photo from a folder, could I make Lightroom update the catalog with the new info?
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes, you have to add it in your operating system first, and then add it to LR
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It says 'before continuing, please make at least 20 MB available on this hard drive'. I have deleted much more than 20 MB and still nothing helps.
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Version: 10.6 [8]
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Technical question:
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I have a desktop computer with 4tb worth of pictures that has Lightroom and Photoshop on it. I also have a laptop with Photoshop and Lightroom. I would like to be able to edit those same pictures with their current edits that are currently on my desktop on my laptop. If this can be done, I'm sure I need to be on the same wifi network for my laptop to be able to access my desktop's photo library. I am technically savvy enough to map a network drive, but how do I get my two Lightroom catalogs to sync when I make a change on one of my computers? Would i be working only on one catalog? Or two separate catalogs that would need to be manually synced to the other computer? Would it be beneficial to put my lightroom catalog on something like dropbox?
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I do this by having my LR catalog and photos on an external drive that I swap between the two computers. I am on Windows and have the same drive letter assigned to the drive on both computers.
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Can I move the Lightroom Catalog from one location to another?

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Shared Lightroom Catalog???

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Wish List Item: Adobe Lightroom Catalog Reader (free)

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