Help..Directory move..lost files?

Hi All,
Major problem. I have saved raw files from the camera to a folder Photos on my C Drive, in subfolders per date i.e. 2007-01-01 etc. I imported from each folder into LR (now 2.5) so that there is a folder for each date with the assorted metadata. I have now moved the entire directory and sub folders to an external hard drive, via copy using Karen's replicator. Now most of my folders in LR have disappeared. Under the catalog, all photographs lists 10860, and they have the assigned attributes and metadata. If I click on any of the photos, they all have ? marks meaning they can not be located, and the locate allows me to navigate to the external drive, but I don't have a clue which folder to start looking in. Any suggestions how to fix this mess?? Thanks in advance, Bob

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:54 AM, 1001BobA <[email protected]> said:
>
Hi John,
Karen's replicator moves the entire structure (actually a very useful
program), but I think that I changed the name of the receiving directory
slightly. That may be what caused the problem for LR. As a database, I
find it very finicky! Next time I will duplicate it exactly and
hopefully have better results. After moving each of the folders,
everything looks ok. My work flow will import to the C drive photos
directly from the CF card,
Why the C: drive? In my experience, it's never a good idea to have a
data folder (in this case, the images) on the same drive as the OS. If
that drive fills up, you've got aggravations even starting your
system. If a HD dedicated to only data fills up, it gives you
aggravation running the application you want ... but not just starting
the OS, so your computer can always be accessed. Even replacing that
booting drive becomes easier that way, since the boot drive is then
relatively small, having only the OS and program files on it. It's the
data files that take up all the space.
I import all photos to a different internal drive than my boot drive
(in my case, a RAID-1 or mirrored drive), which I then also back up to
2 different external HDs, one on that machine, and one on another
machine. The backup happens as a scheduled task, while I am at work,
so it doesn't interfere with my use of that machine. Overnight is also
a good choice for that kind of backup.
If you don't have room for a dedicated internal drive, you could use a
dedicated external drive. And then back that up to a 2nd external HD.
Just a suggestion.

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