Backing up photos and catalog to second hard drive

i just installed Photoshp elements 7 on xp home machine.  i have done a lot of work to tag much of my collection.   i know from using databases like this, they can be corrupted.  i want to back up the catalog before that happens.  however when i go to file and back up catalog to hard drive, dvd etc.  it just sits there for a long time and then eventually just crashes.  i have done the "ctrl, alt, shift" thing to optimize and repair (tho it said it wasn't broken) and it still crashes.  is this a bug, or am i not doing something i should be.
Thanks for you help.
Deb

You have not made it clear where the external hard drive is located and what access rights it has.
For example if the external drive is out on the network somewhere then the network could be the problem. With regard access rights, if the directory on the external drive was created by a different user to the user name you are using to do the backup, that could be the problem.
My suggestion is to do the backup into a directory on the XP machine and check that it works there. If it does then it is drive problem not an PE problem.
In my case I back the catalog on the main computer and then use MS SyncToy to keep a copy on a second computer. In your case you could copy over file to the other drive or use SyncToy to put it on another drive, but as one of the other contributers pointed out, the back up of the catalog will keep the same file structure as the original.

Similar Messages

  • Adding and configuring a second hard drive in a Power Mac G4

    I am using a Power Mac G4 with the original 20GB hard drive and running OS 9.2.2.
    I would like to upgrade to 10.4 (Tiger) installing it on a 80 GB Seagate Ultra/ATA 100 which I need to install as a second hard drive.
    This is where my problem arises. From what I have read I cannot install OS 10 on a drive configured as SLAVE. On top of this Apple article ID 106728 has a note not to “change your Apple –installed disc drive to ATA ID-1 (slave) when adding other ATA devices.”
    Is this article correct or am I misunderstanding it? I was hoping I could just install the new drive on top of the original and switch the configurations of the drives making my original drive the SLAVE and the new drive MASTER and just install OS X on the new 80GB drive.
    Or can I put the new drive in the position of my original drive configure it as MASTER and put my original 20GB drive above it and configure it as slave?
    I am hoping someone can let me know if these configurations will work.
    Another question is: If I switch the position of my original drive will I lose access to the data on it?
    I would like to keep the OS systems on separate drives because I need to continue to run my old software and Heidelberg scanner (SCSI, running on LinoColor Elite 5.1 for which updated drivers are not available). This will not be possible in classic. I want OS X on the larger drive as I will be loading updated software eventually and it will become my main OS system.
    Power Mac G4 450GH, 768mb ram (AGP graphics )   Mac OS X (10.4)   Currently running 9.2 and will be upgrading to OS 10.4

    Hi, Thelisa -
    Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
    Is this article correct or am I misunderstanding it?
    Yes, to both - the article is correct, and yes, you seem to be misunderstanding it.
    In the context of the article, "Disc drive" does not mean a hard drive. Earlier in the article it states -
          Solution
          "Disc drive" refers to CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, Combo drives, SuperDrives.
    The reason is that on most (if not all) G4s, an optical drive must be jumpered as Master in order for it to be a bootable drive. So, if an optical drive has been jumpered as Slave, it can not then be used to boot from the OSX Install disk.
    You will need to place the drive to be jumpered as Slave in the top position of the bracket (the drive sled), and the one jumpered as Master in the bottom position of the sled.
    The reason for this is the location of the connectors on the IDE ribbon cable (the data cable) - the one jumpered as Master needs to be attached to the end connector of the cable, and the one jumpered as Slave to the middle connector of the cable.
    Because of the physical limits of the cable itself, the one jumpered as Slave must be on top, else the connectors won't reach to the proper drive.
    Which drive is jumpered as which is your choice, but the one jumpered as Slave must be on top.
    If I switch the position of my original drive will I lose access to the data on it?
    No.
    The designation of Master or Slave is, for the most part, simply to allow the Mac to have a unique physical address for each drive, so it can tell one from the other (this is separate from the pathname addressing that the OS uses). Re-jumpering a drive nor changing its physical location will not affect its contents nor their usability.
    One result that may be important sometime is when the machine in question is set up as the Target machine in a firewire Target Disk Mode arrangement - only the drive jumpered as Master will be visible on the Host machine.
    Article #58583 - Firewire Target Disk Mode

  • Backing up photos on iMac using external hard drive and time machine

    How do i back up photos from my imac using an external hard drive and time machine
    Thanks in advance

    Apple explains how to use Time Machine in http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427.
    Setting up and using TM is very simple to do, connect any external HD (format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility ) and your computer shoudl ask if you want to use that EHD for a Time Machine backup. If you have any questions visit your local Apple Store or reseller and they can answer how to setup and use TM and also should be able to offer suggestions on EHDs. My personal preference is OWC (www.macsales.com) Mercury Elite Pro due to the build quality and OWC's level of support.

  • How do I get LR4 to find all photos in catalog after replacing hard drive on mac? question marks all

    I had the hard drive replaced on my mac.  I did a restore from back up drive to my new hard drive.  First LR4 couldn't find the catalog so I pointed to it. Then I opened lightroom 4 and it cannot see ANY of my photos. I don't want to link each folder full of photos it will take hours. Isn't there another way to do this so it finds them all at once?  Photos are still located in the same location on the new hard drive after restore.  Nothing changed except the hard drive.  Thank you!

    I did find something in another post that suggests to go to the top most file in the structure and right click and click on "find missing folder" then you point to that folder and it will find all subfolders and photos.   This really worked well for most of the photos but I have I must have moved at some point that I will have to relocate.  This is good information whether you are working with a Mac or a PC. I think it would work for either.  I hope this helps someone else out there.

  • Transfer/back-up photos from iPhoto to External Hard Drive

    I have an External Hard Drive to which I wish to transfer/back-up my photos (from iPhoto). My External Hard Drive though has documents and photos that are in Microsoft Word. Please help me with the step by step process of transferring/backing-up photos to my ExHD. Can I still keep my MSWord files, or do I need to clear up the whole ExHD? My main concern, is really to free the memory of my MBPro because I have so many photos already. Thanks

    Copy your entire iPhoto Library as a unit from the Pictures folder in your Home folder onto the external drive — just drag the iPhoto Library onto the external drive's icon or into its open main window. Do NOT try to copy your photos any other way than this.
    After the copy is finished (it may take a while if your library is large), open iPhoto while holding down the Option key, and select the library on the external drive for iphoto to open. If it opens normally and everything seems to be in order, you can delete the iPhoto Library file from your internal drive. Don't forget to empty the trash afterward.
    REMEMBER THIS: Now that your iphoto Library exists only on the external drive, it is not backed up! Back it up on a second external hard drive, or sooner or later you will lose it to a hard drive failure. The one sure thing about hard drives, like all other mechanical devices, is that eventually every hard drive will fail. Don't wait for it to happen and then think about the backups you should have been making all along!

  • How do i move photos and catalog to a new drive and have lightroom make the same move

    I am trying to move all my photos to a new drive with different drive letter.  I know I can do a backup and restore inside PSE13 to perform that.  However, I also have Lightroom 5 on the current setup.  How would I now use the new location for the photos in lightroom if they are already moved by PSE?
    Hope this makes sense!

    I don't recommend the Time Machine or Migation Assistent approach. The first tneds to be very slow and the second often carries baggage that is probably best not transferred to a new computer.
    Lightroom doesn't use activation, therefore, can be installed on your new Mac without having first removed it fom the old. Your images and catalogs can be copied across to the new Mac using an a portable disk drive as the transfer medium. Typically, on Mac computers, the catalog and image files are stored in the Pictures folder. If this is where you have them then then copy them to the same location on the new Mac. Once copied you can open the catalog folder then double click on the .lrcat file to launch Lightroom.

  • Backing up photos by album to external hard drive

    I have just spent days organizing my photos into albums and folders on my internal hard drive. I would like to move this organized information to an external hard drive. When I drag the library over to the external hard drive, will the photos remain organized in the same albums and photos? If not, how do I get the albums/folders over separately?

    Yes. You can use the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager to copy Events or Albums from Library 1 to Library 2 and preserve the titles, keywords. descriptions, modified files, etc.
    If you want to backup slideshows, calendars, books then you'll want to use a backup application like Synk Standard to backup all changes from Library 1 to Library 2. That will preserve your library exactly.
    TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
    I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.≤br>
    Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

  • Backing up music and playlists to external hard drive.

    Hi all.
    I am a DJ and use computer software to play my music. I have a mac at home which has all of my music on which is completely organized with track images and playlists. When I imported all of my music from various locations such as other hard drives, memory sticks and CDS, I have selected to copy everything over to the itunes folder so that it is all uniformed and in order.
    Heres the tricky bit...
    I need to transfer EVERYTHING over to a portable external hard drive which I take to work with me which plugs into their computer (which doesn't have itunes and) and I then use a DJ software which recognizes iTunes setups and filing systems. The DJ system recognizes playlists and such forth.
    Here is my questions...
    1. I have copied the itunes music folder over to the hard drive to get the physical songs on there, but when I add new songs to my itunes at home, is there a way of running some sort of back up program that will only copy across the newly imported songs across to my portable hard drive??
    2. Is there any way of copying the playlists over onto the portable hard drive so that the DJ program will see them on it and organize the songs accordingly?
    Hope this is all understandable.
    Thanks, Steve.

    [SyncToy|http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9- a7c5-98d0592d8c52]
    SyncToy 2.1 is a free application that synchronizes files and folders between locations. Typical uses include sharing files, such as photos, with other computers and creating backup copies of files and folders.

  • How to restore my backed up photos from iCloud on new hard drive?

    My hard drive failed on my first mac book pro, I have a time machine which has restored all my data on to the new hard drive. However all my photos/videos have not been restored.
    Can i access these through my backup on iCloud and how ?
    Why have my photos not been included with time machine and the restoration ?
    Any help would be appreciated 
    ANNIE

    Hello ASLieser,
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    For more information, take a look at:
    You cannot view what photos are backed up to iCloud. If you have Photo Stream turned on, you can see what was uploaded in the Photos app.
    iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519
    iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
    Have a nice day,
    Mario

  • HT5182 How can I back up photos from iPhoto to external hard drive?

    I have a large number of photos that I need to move onto an external hard drive to free up my MBP's internal hard drive.  Most of my photos were imported in RAW format and editied in iPhoto.  I understand from other posts that iPhoto converts these photos to jpegs.  I'm quickly running out of room.

    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    1. Quit iPhoto
    2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
    Regards
    TD

  • I have purchased Iphn 4s recently and since then i m facing issues around Battery back up, Software and even issue around hard drive. I have visited I store where they formatted my phone but nothing positive has happened. How do i escalate?

    I have purchased I phone 4S on April 30th 2014. Since I bought this phone, I have been facing issues such as Battery Back up, Software and Hardware issue and hang issue. I had visited I store last month where they just formatted my phone. The issues were not taken care completely, even till now the issues are on. I would appreciate if you could help me with the right escalation desk for raising my voice to Apple team.
    I have been using apple product since long now and never face such dissatisfaction in past
    Regards,
    GB

    Hello, when you are having an error on your iPhone and going to the Apple store to get it taken care of, make sure you speak up and provide as much detail as you can. The first iPad Mini I had bought had errors on it, and I didn't speak up and provide further details on my issue.
    Hope your issue gets resolved soon!
    -RazorOrange

  • Unable to free up hard disc capacity by transferring photos and videos to external hard drive.

    Have copied files to external hard drive and sent them to trash/empty on hard drive, but can't free up space on hard drive.

    Reboot and see if the free space is reported correctly.  If not reindex your hard drive by adding it to Spotlight's Exlcude list in its preferences and then remove from the Exclude list to begin the indexing.

  • How do I partition my second Hard Drive

    I am wondering why my second hard drive that apple installed on my mac wont partition for use with windows.
    I tried to partition the drive via Boot Camp Assistant and when I tell it to partition it sits there for hours saying its partitioning. I tried restarting and trying again. It just wont complete.
    My next step was opening the disc utility and selecting the second hard drive and clicking partition. It still doesn't work. I get an error message saying
    "Partition failed with the error: Filesystem resize support required, such as HFS+ with journaling enabled"
    I took screen captures of the steps I took that are in these links
    http://gallery.me.com/calaberator/100029/Picture-205/web.jpg
    http://gallery.me.com/calaberator/100029/Picture-206/web.jpg
    http://gallery.me.com/calaberator/100029/Picture-207.jpg?derivative=medium&sourc e=web.jpg&type=medium&ver=12205459000001
    It won't let me partition the disc. Does anyone have any recomendations?

    Okay!
    Disk Utility is... weird ever since Leopard, and BootCamp Assistant... fine for iMac or MacBook but not as flexible as I like.
    Sometimes you just have to restart Disk Utility, or at worst, restart. Sometimes after resizing partitions and such, you really do want to restart before using those partitions.
    I've seen Disk Utility "lose communication" with a drive.
    I don't like to use the last part of a drive.... for anything, it is the slowest inner tracks and less than half the performance.
    If you don't have anything on it that you need and that is backed up, I would just go to Partition tab and start over.
    Personally, I like to strip a drive of all partition tables and format it in Windows. Or set it as Master Boot Record, then create a couple FAT partitions which works for Vista installs but not for XP.
    Vista needs at least 40GB and you want to leave room to add applications, restore points, and room for updates (a 500MB 'update' can unpack, write temp files, and use much more, as much as 7-10GB for Vista SP1 update, which you get back most of afterwards. And 2-3x the amount of RAM for pagefile and hibernation.
    Try again, restart if necessary, and it really should.
    When a drive is first formatted, it writes partition tables and has to test the first and last 100 sectors plus where the GPT and EFI partitions go, which shouldn't take more than 2 minutes. More than that, just kill it, quit Disk Utility and try again.
    If you have never used the drive, consider doing a full zero-all from security options to erase it after you have it partitioned.

  • Mover user file to second hard drive

    I have a new iMac with a SSD on which applications are loaded, and everthing else is there by default.  But I wanto store music, documents, photos, etc on the second hard drive.  Can I just drag the "user" file to the second hard drive, since that's the file that contains docs, photos, etc?

    Yes, but if you want to use it as something other than a backup, you also need to open the Accounts pane of System Preferences, control-click your account, and change the home folder path. This will look like /Volumes/volumename/foldername/ when changed.
    (61104)

  • I have an external hard drive set up as a Time Machine backup on my IMac. I want to add a second external hard drive and put my Aperture Photo Library on it. Is there a way to have the photos on this second hard drive automatically back up to the Time Mac

    I have an IMac with an external hard drive set up as  a Time Machine for automatic backups. I want to add a second external hard drive and load my Aperture Photo Library on to it so that the library can be shared by both me and my wife. Is there a way to automatically backup the photo library that will be on the second hard drive to the Time Machine hard drive?

    Open System Preference > Time Machine
    Click Options....
    Ckick on external disk in list and hit the - button below the list to remove from the Exclusion list
    Allan

Maybe you are looking for