Elements 12 Question ....Moving files to new drive from old drive.

I am using Elements 12...my external hard drive is almost full with photo files...a 1 TB WD....and I need to get my photo files to a new drive.....a G-Technologies 4 TB external.....What is the best way to do this?....  Restore from  a backup drive to the new drive ?...or move from the old drive to the new drive?.....or is there another way?........What are the pluses and minuses of the ways ?  Details would be Great.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.   Thank You in advance.

IceJim32 a écrit:
I would  like to move my entire catalogue from one external drive (that is almost full) to a new external drive with more room.  I have several drives with back ups of all photos.....so are you saying Move it.........using the Move from the drop down menus and move it from the old to the new drive.....and not restore it from a back up drive to the new drive?
The backup/restore process moves not only the picture files library, but also the catalog.
That's good especially if you want to share catalog and librarty with another computer.
If you prefer the default location for catalogs on your desktop, no problem. Simply use the catalog manager to move the catalog.
The drag and drop solution works:
Organizer: Moving folder trees or branches - Elements Village
(Sorry, I gave a wrong link in my previous post ...)
It's more flexible and reasonably safe. It looks faster, but if you want to be safe and do a backup first,  you'll gain nothing.
The problem with moving folders is the same than when you move folder trees from the explorer: be sure to move in an empty master folder to avoid folder names collisions.
If you want the catalog folder in the same external drive as the moved library, be sure to have the catalog folder outside of your library tree.

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