Can I reconnect from earlier backups
I have a lot of missing photos from accidentally deleting some files. Can I reconnect from older versions of Elements backups?If I run the older backups will they load, and will that result in duplicates? I now have elements 11 win 8
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I have a lot of missing photos from accidentally deleting some files. Can I reconnect from older versions of Elements backups?If I run the older backups will they load, and will that result in duplicates? I now have elements 11 win 8
You can use the restore process in the Organizer file menu. Since you don't want to lose what is new since the last backup, you should not restore to the 'original' location, but restore elsewhere, on a new master folder or new drive (checking restoring the folder trees). Obviously, this will create duplicates of all common files between the two catalogs.
In the new situation, the deleted files will be accessible to the newly restored catalog ; the problem will be to find which files are the 'missing files' in the first catalog.
You may have ways to find the location of the deleted files or folders by looking at the supposed location of the missing files looking at their properties in the organizer.
This is quite similar to reconnecting missing files or folders because they have breen moved.
When you know what was the original path, you may find that path in the restored copy of the backup. That will help you reconnect the missing files, but you are left with the duplicates.
To get rid of the duplicates once you have restored the missing files, you might have found their location in the restored folder tree : you could move them with the organizer menus out of the restored tree, after which it would be possible to remove totally the remaining part of that restored tree.
In the situation where you have been able to reconnect the missing files, but you can't do the above process to move the newly reconnected files, you could create a full backup of the original (and reconnected) catalog, delete the previously restored folder tree (or better move it elsewhere from Windows explorer), and restore to original location.
As you can see, you'll need some patience and method... and a lot of free disk space.
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