My G drive is now my O drive.
I usually know how to point to a folder to let LR find it again.
For some reason, the drive I used to have assigned to drive G is now drive O.
LR4 is asking me to find the drive. When I do, I get this message:
The selected folder or one of its subfolders is already in Lightroom. Do you wan to combine these folders?
I am guessing that is the correct command, but I thought I'd ask here first before I click the Merge button. Will this turn drive G into drive O in the LR database?
Thanks in advance,
M. Jackson
Okay, I am good. I started by finding a folder with only a few images. That created the new O drive in the list and added the folder. I systematically found each folder on the O drive and ended up with a G drive with nothing remaining. I removed it. Now, I just have to adjust a few export presets to point to the new O drive and folders.
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